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Subject: Re: Yet another SEE test

Author: Michael Henderson

Date: 10:11:38 09/20/04

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On September 20, 2004 at 10:17:01, James Swafford wrote:

>On September 19, 2004 at 23:47:24, Michael Henderson wrote:
>
>>On September 19, 2004 at 23:30:43, James Swafford wrote:
>>
>>>Someone recently posted that they verify their SEE with a
>>>search (generating only moves to the target square).
>>>I did that,and seems I caught one. :)
>>>
>>>See position below... does your SEE see the promotion?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Problem 1:
>>>8/7p/5k2/5p2/p1p2P2/Pr1pPK2/1P1R3P/8 b - - b3b2;
>>>
>>>parsing: b3b2...done.
>>>correct move(s): b3b2
>>>gamestage: 3
>>>search time=10000
>>>FW Dpth   Nd Cnt    CSecs  Score PV Line
>>> 4& ->      1495        0     30 h7h5 h2h4 c4c3 b2c3 b3c3
>>>*** val=-400 (currval=-400; sv=-800); see=400
>>>
>>>- - - - - - - -
>>>- - - - - - - p
>>>- - - - - k - -      white to move
>>>- - - - - p - -      no ep
>>>p - - - - P - -      no castling rights
>>>P - - - P K - P
>>>- - p - - - - -
>>>- - - q - - - R
>>>
>>>move h1d1
>>>
>>>--
>>>James
>>
>>My SEE does not see promotions, so i get +400 SEE also.  There are a large
>>number of positions where SEE messes up...that you probably know. e.g Bxd5 isn't
>>really +300, unless you detect pins to the king.
>>
>>[D]7k/2n3r1/8/3b4/8/5B2/6Q1/6K1 w - - 0 1
>
>
>My SEE says +310, though I do (or thought I did) detect
>pins.  My search verification says 0, though, so at
>least my debug code works. :-/
>
>--
>James

Would search verification really return a negative number because white will
lose the queen soon?  What makes up a verification search?

Michael



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