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Subject: Re: Strange tablebase blunder

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:12:01 02/04/99

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On February 04, 1999 at 17:44:16, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>In this position from a game against Crafty 16.4, Junior 5, or better yet the
>CD-ROM tablebases engine, played Ra8, losing immediately a drawn game. Can
>someone with Junior 5, Fritz 5xx or Nimzo 99 double-check this move with
>tablebases on?
>
>5rk1/8/7K/7P/R7/8/8/8 w - - 0 94
Crafty knows it was drawn:
pondering enabled.
EGTB cache memory = 16M bytes.
hash table memory = 48M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 8M bytes.
play best book line after search.
EGTB access enabled
using tbpath=e:/crafty/release/tb
5 piece tablebase files found

       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    8  |   |   |   |   |   | *R| *K|   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    7  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    6  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | K |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    5  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | P |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    4  | R |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    3  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    2  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    1  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h



Crafty v16.4

White(1): go
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
Drawn at root, trying for swindle.
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 13:20 (13:20)
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
                7     0.07   1.87   1. Kg6 Rd8 2. Ra7 Rd6+ 3. Kg5 Rd5+
                                    4. Kg4 Rd4+ 5. Kf5 Rd5+ 6. Kg6
                7->   0.08   1.87   1. Kg6 Rd8 2. Ra7 Rd6+ 3. Kg5 Rd5+
                                    4. Kg4 Rd4+ 5. Kf5 Rd5+ 6. Kg6
                8     0.16   1.96   1. Kg6 Rd8 2. Ra7 Rd6+ 3. Kg5 Rd5+
                                    4. Kg4 Rd4+ 5. Kg3 Rd3+ 6. Kf4 Kf8
                8->   0.24   1.96   1. Kg6 Rd8 2. Ra7 Rd6+ 3. Kg5 Rd5+
                                    4. Kg4 Rd4+ 5. Kg3 Rd3+ 6. Kf4 Kf8
                9     0.56   1.89   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra7 Rc6+ 3. Kg5 Rc5+
                                    4. Kf6 Rc6+ 5. Kf5 Rc5+ 6. Kg4 Rc4+
                                    7. Kf3 Kf8
                9->   0.78   1.89   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra7 Rc6+ 3. Kg5 Rc5+
                                    4. Kf6 Rc6+ 5. Kf5 Rc5+ 6. Kg4 Rc4+
                                    7. Kf3 Kf8
               10     1.09   2.11   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra6 Kh8 3. h6 Rg8+ 4.
                                    Kh5 Rg1 5. Ra7 Rh1+ 6. Kg6 Kg8
               10->   1.53   2.11   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra6 Kh8 3. h6 Rg8+ 4.
                                    Kh5 Rg1 5. Ra7 Rh1+ 6. Kg6 Kg8
               11     2.05   2.08   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra6 Kh8 3. h6 Rg8+ 4.
                                    Kh5 Rg1 5. Ra7 Rg2 6. Re7 Kg8
               11->   3.85   2.08   1. Kg6 Rc8 2. Ra6 Kh8 3. h6 Rg8+ 4.
                                    Kh5 Rg1 5. Ra7 Rg2 6. Re7 Kg8
               12     6.70   2.04   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    h6 Rg1+ 5. Kh5 Rh1+ 6. Kg5 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kf5 Rf1+ 8. Kg4 Rh1 9. Rg7+ Kf8 10.
                                    Kg5
               12->  12.17   2.04   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    h6 Rg1+ 5. Kh5 Rh1+ 6. Kg5 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kf5 Rf1+ 8. Kg4 Rh1 9. Rg7+ Kf8 10.
                                    Kg5
               13    16.99   1.79   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rd7 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kf6 Rf1+ 8. Ke5 Rg1 9. h6 Rh1 10. Rd6
                                    Kf7
               13->  38.78   1.79   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rd7 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kf6 Rf1+ 8. Ke5 Rg1 9. h6 Rh1 10. Rd6
                                    Kf7
               14    47.77   1.70   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rd7 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kh6 Rg3 8. Re7 Rg4 9. Rh7 Rg2 10. Re7
                                    Rh2
               14->   1:36   1.70   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rd7 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kh6 Rg3 8. Re7 Rg4 9. Rh7 Rg2 10. Re7
                                    Rh2
               15     1:57   1.68   1. Kg6 Rf1 2. Ra8+ Rf8 3. Ra7 Rf1 4.
                                    Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rd7 Rg1+ 7.
                                    Kf6 Rf1+ 8. Ke6 Re1+ 9. Kf5 Rf1+ 10.
                                    Kg5 Rf7 11. Rd8+ Kh7 12. h6 Rc7 13.
                                    Rd6
ok.
White(1): quit
execution complete.




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