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Subject: Re: Blathy problem - mate in 16

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 21:20:21 04/16/05

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On April 16, 2005 at 22:13:45, John J. J. Smith wrote:

>[d]8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/qpprpK1P/1nkbn3 w - - 0 1
>
>This seems to be a difficult problem for most engines. The key move is 2.h3.
>2.h4 only leads to a draw

Added a little code to Crafty handle the case where the one side has only one
piece to disable null move.

Crafty 19.20 (modified)

[d]8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/qpprpK1P/1nkbn3 w - - 0 1
White(1): g
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus  57.19  time limit 23.23 (3:36)
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
               18->   0.06   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=3)
               19     0.08   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               19->   0.09   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=3)
               20     0.11   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               20->   0.12   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=3)
               21     0.14   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               21->   0.15   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               22     0.19   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               22->   0.22   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               23     0.26   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               23->   0.29   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               24     0.36   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               24->   0.40   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               25     0.50   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               25->   0.54   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               26     0.65   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               26->   0.70   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               27     0.87   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               27->   0.94   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               28     1.20   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               28->   1.34   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               29     1.67   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               29->   1.79   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               30     2.26   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8
               30->   2.42   0.01   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h4 Qa2 3. h5 Qa1 4.
                                    h6 Qa2 5. h7 Qa1 6. h8=Q Qa2 7. Qe5
                                    Qa1 8. Qh8 (s=2)
               31     2.98     +1   1. Kxe1!!
               31     4.09     +3   1. Kxe1!!
               31     4.09     +M   1. Kxe1!!
               31     4.09  Mat16   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h3 Qa2 3. h4 Qa1 4.
                                    h5 Qa2 5. h6 Qa1 6. h7 Qa2 7. h8=N
                                    Qa1 8. Nf7 Qa2 9. Nd6 Qa1 10. Ne4 Qa2
                                    11. Nxc5 Qa1 12. Nd7 Qa2 13. Nb6 Qa1
                                    14. Nxc4 Qa2 15. Na5 Qa1 16. Nxb3#
               31->   4.34  Mat16   1. Kxe1 Qa1 2. h3 Qa2 3. h4 Qa1 4.
                                    h5 Qa2 5. h6 Qa1 6. h7 Qa2 7. h8=N
                                    Qa1 8. Nf7 Qa2 9. Nd6 Qa1 10. Ne4 Qa2
                                    11. Nxc5 Qa1 12. Nd7 Qa2 13. Nb6 Qa1
                                    14. Nxc4 Qa2 15. Na5 Qa1 16. Nxb3#
                                    (s=3)
              time=4.34  cpu=162%  mat=-38  n=19756942  fh=96%  nps=4.55M
              ext-> chk=721197 cap=31648 pp=10247 1rep=58854 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=19756942  evals=258318  50move=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
              SMP->  split=7411  stop=48  data=11/64  cpu=7.07  elap=4.34

mate in 16 moves.


White(1): Kxe1
              time used:   4.34




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