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Subject: Re: Bestmove correct in Arasan testsuite?

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 16:22:15 05/31/05

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On May 31, 2005 at 18:24:33, Richard Pijl wrote:

>I've been using the arasan testsuites quite a lot as they contain a nice mix of
>different type of positions. Today I was looking at a position that was always
>solved by the Baron in 30 seconds, but not anymore by the latest test version.
>I'm talking about the position with id Arasan.81:
>1B4k1/5p2/K5p1/7p/P4P2/5P2/8/6n1 b - -
>Bestmove is said to be f5, to block the bishop from stopping the black pawn on
>h5 from queening. This seems to be confirmed by many engines with about a draw
>score. But now, after an initial drawish score, the Baron shows a show of minus
>1 pawn in a second, quickly decreasing to - 3 pawns for f5, later switching to
>Nxf3 with a similar score. Somehow f5 doesn't seem to be that good.

Yace finds f5 fast, but later:

  15480540  14.375   0.52 15.  1...f5 2.a5 h4 3.Kb6 h3 4.a6 h2 5.a7 h1=Q
                               6.a8=Q Qxf3 7.Qa2+ Kh7 8.Qf7+ Kh6 9.Be5 Ne2
                               10.Qc4 {70}
  20803408  19.297   0.12 16-- 1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 Kf7 4.a5 Nd2 5.Kb7 Nc4
                               6.a6 Nd6+ 7.Kb6 Kf8 8.a7 Nc4+ 9.Kc5 Na5 {70}
  21991391  20.391   0.00 16t  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 h4 4.Bxh4 Nxh4 5.a5 Nf3
                               6.Kb7H Nd4H 7.a6H Nb5H 8.Kc6H Na7+H 9.Kb7H Nb5H
                               10.Kc6H Na7+H 11.Kb7H Nb5HR {340}
  36075711  36.438   0.00 16.  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 h4 4.Bxh4 Nxh4 5.a5 Nf3
                               6.Kb7 Nd4 7.a6 Nb5 8.Kc6 Na7+ 9.Kb7 Nb5 10.Kc6
                               Na7+ 11.Kb7 Nb5 {340}
  42826451  43.438  -0.31 17t  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 g5 4.a5 h4 5.Kb6 h3
                               6.Bg3 gxf4H 7.a6H fxg3H 8.a7H g2H 9.a8=Q+H Kg7H
                               10.Qb7+H Kf6H {-421}
  72447094  1:19.5  -0.31 17.  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 g5 4.a5 h4 5.Kb6 h3
                               6.Bg3 gxf4 7.a6 fxg3 8.a7 g2 9.a8=Q+ Kg7
                               10.Qb7+ Kf6 {-421}
  87059959  1:35.0  -0.47 18t  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 g5 4.a5 h4 5.fxg5 f4
                               6.Kb6 h3 7.a6 h2 8.a7 h1=Q 9.a8=Q+ Kg7 10.Bd4+
                               Kg6 11.Qd5 {-10}
 133034210  2:27.3  -0.47 18.  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 g5 4.a5 h4 5.fxg5 f4
                               6.Kb6 h3 7.a6 h2 8.a7 h1=Q 9.a8=Q+ Kg7 10.Bd4+
                               Kg6 11.Qd5 {-10}
 151845579  2:45.5  -0.87 19-- 1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 g5 4.a5 h4 5.Kb6 h3
                               6.Bg3 h2 7.Bxh2 gxf4
 186348870  3:19.0  -1.34 19t  1...f5 2.Ba7 Nxf3 3.Bf2 h4 4.Bxh4 g5 5.Bf2 Nd2
                               6.Kb7 Ne4 7.a5H Kf8H 8.a6H Nd6+H 9.Kc6H Nf7H
                               {HT} {-10}
 237622632  4:23.4  -1.33 19t+ 1...Nxf3 2.a5 f5 3.Kb6 h4 4.a6 h3 5.a7 h2
                               6.a8=Q h1=Q 7.Be5+ Kf7 8.Bd4
 278984309  5:09.8  -1.32 19t  1...Nxf3 2.a5 f5 3.Kb6 h4 4.a6H h3H 5.a7H h2H
                               6.a8=QH h1=QH 7.Be5+H Kf7H 8.Qb7+H Kf8H 9.Qa8+H
                               Ke7H 10.Qb7+H Kf8H 11.Qa8+H Ke7H 12.Qb7+H Kf8HR
                               {70}
 357120192  6:36.4  -1.32 19.  1...Nxf3 2.a5 f5 3.Kb6 h4 4.a6 h3 5.a7 h2
                               6.a8=Q h1=Q 7.Be5+ Kf7 8.Qb7+ Kf8 9.Qa8+ Ke7
                               10.Qb7+ Kf8 11.Qa8+ Ke7 12.Qb7+ Kf8 {70}
 496569100  9:23.5  -1.62 20t  1...Nxf3 2.a5 f5 3.Kb6 h4 4.a6 h3 5.a7 h2
                               6.a8=Q h1=Q 7.Be5+ Kf7 8.Qb7+ Kf8 9.Qg7+ Ke8
                               10.Qxg6+ Ke7 11.Qf6+ Ke8 12.Qe6+ Kf8 {HT} {-10}
 679352876 12:30.2  -1.62 20.  1...Nxf3 2.a5 f5 3.Kb6 h4 4.a6 h3 5.a7 h2
                               6.a8=Q h1=Q 7.Be5+ Kf7 8.Qb7+ Kf8 9.Qg7+ Ke8
                               10.Qxg6+ Ke7 11.Qf6+ Ke8 12.Qe6+ Kf8 {HT} {-10}

See also http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?find_thread=352588

Cheers,
Dieter



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