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Subject: Re: endgame test position

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:12:47 01/20/05

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On January 19, 2005 at 23:57:03, Jon Dart wrote:

>[D] 4R3/6p1/PK4kp/1PB2p2/8/3r4/3rp3/8 w - -
>
>How long to play a7?
>How long to give it a + score?
>
>Arasan plays a7 almost immediately but the score is still
>negative after several minutes.
>
>Pharaon 2.1 plays a7 in 24 seconds, gives a + score after
>158 seconds (Athlon 2500+).
>
>--Jon


Crafty finds the move instantly, gets a draw score after a couple of seconds,
and gets a better score quickly after that:

(this on my dual xeon 2.8ghz)

               12     3.05  -0.40   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Kc7 Ra8 5. b6 Ke6 6. Kb7 Rd8 7. a8=Q
                                    Rxa8 8. Kxa8
               12->   3.22  -0.40   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Kc7 Ra8 5. b6 Ke6 6. Kb7 Rd8 7. a8=Q
                                    Rxa8 8. Kxa8
               13     5.31     +1   1. a7!!
               13     7.64   0.01   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Kc7 Ra8 5. b6 Ke6 6. b7 Rxa7 7. Bxa7
                                    e1=Q 8. b8=Q
               13->   8.19   0.01   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Kc7 Ra8 5. b6 Ke6 6. b7 Rxa7 7. Bxa7
                                    e1=Q 8. b8=Q
               14    21.65     +1   1. a7!!
               14    29.48   0.45   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Ka6 Rd1 5. a8=Q Ra1+ 6. Kb7 Rxa8 7.
                                    Kxa8 Ke6 8. b6 Kd6 9. b7
               14->  30.47   0.45   1. a7 Rd8 2. Rxd8 Rxd8 3. Bf2 Kf7 4.
                                    Ka6 Rd1 5. a8=Q Ra1+ 6. Kb7 Rxa8 7.
                                    Kxa8 Ke6 8. b6 Kd6 9. b7
               15     1:01     +1   1. a7!!
               15     2:07   1.19   1. a7 Ra2 2. Rxe2 Rxe2 3. a8=Q f4 4.
                                    Bf8 f3 5. Qb7 Re6+ 6. Kc5 f2 7. Qxg7+
                                    Kf5 8. Qg2 Rd2 9. Qh3+ Kg5 10. Qf1
                                    Kf4
               15->   2:10   1.19   1. a7 Ra2 2. Rxe2 Rxe2 3. a8=Q f4 4.
                                    Bf8 f3 5. Qb7 Re6+ 6. Kc5 f2 7. Qxg7+
                                    Kf5 8. Qg2 Rd2 9. Qh3+ Kg5 10. Qf1
                                    Kf4
?              16     2:10   1/28*  1. a7
White(1): ?
              time=2:11  cpu=196%  mat=-4  n=242744126  fh=91%  nps=1.84M
              ext-> chk=14274840 cap=173561 pp=733854 1rep=362882 mate=8264
              predicted=0  nodes=242744126  evals=158024394  50move=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes=1361  hits=117
              SMP->  split=1210  stop=158  data=9/64  cpu=4:19  elap=2:11



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