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Subject: Re: Giddie up and ride that pony......

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:11:16 06/12/05

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On June 12, 2005 at 21:38:02, Christopher Conkie wrote:

>Listen, uncheck legality in Arena, no book, no tablebases and click analyse.
>
>This is a simple fen. The engine should refuse to play. It is illegal. Say what
>you want but I am quite happy it does this, when it should not. The majority of
>people use crappy GUI's not console mode.
>
>Also, any GUI is better than the one that you did not make.
>
>[D]7R/p4Pbk/bp4pp/3Q4/3B4/3n2P1/P2q1PBP/6K1 b - - 2 27
>
>Crafty-19.19:
>   7	00:00	     106.178	2.654.450	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6
>   7	00:00	     151.160	3.023.200	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6
>   8	00:00	     201.233	2.874.757	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3
>   8	00:00	     347.752	2.675.015	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3
>   9	00:00	     487.212	2.706.733	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4
>   9	00:00	     576.298	2.744.276	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4
>  10	00:00	     828.656	2.589.550	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7
>  10	00:00	   1.024.353	2.560.882	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7
>  11	00:01	   1.454.772	2.552.231	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6
>  11	00:01	   1.898.151	2.530.868	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6
>  12	00:01	   3.381.758	2.468.436	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6 Ngh4
>  12	00:02	   4.614.293	2.521.471	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6 Ngh4
>  13	00:03	   6.683.368	2.475.321	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6 Ngh4 Nba5
>  13	00:04	  10.274.973	2.283.327	 0.00	Nhf4 Nexf4 Ndxf4 Nxf4 Ngxf4 Nac5 Nxc5
>Nbxc5 Ng6 Nb3 Ngh4 Ke7 Ng6+ Kd6 Ngh4 Nba5
>
>Look.....here is Crafty in your crappy console mode......
>
>:-)
>
>EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
>unable to open book file [./book.bin].
>book is disabled
>unable to open book file [./books.bin].
>hash table memory =   48M bytes.
>pawn hash table memory =   12M bytes.
>EGTB cache memory =    4M bytes.
>use 'settc' command if a game is restarted after crafty
>has been terminated for any reason.
>tournament mode.
>draw score set to    0.00 pawns.
>book file disabled.
>choose from book moves randomly (using weights.)
>choose from 3 best moves.
>book learning disabled
>result learning disabled
>position learning disabled
>resign after 5 consecutive moves with score < -6.
>0 piece tablebase files found
>EGTB access enabled
>using tbpath=c:/tb
>0 piece tablebase files found
>
>
>Crafty v19.19
>
>White(1): setboard 2n1k1n1/1n1n1n1n/n1n1n1n1/8/8/1N1N1N1N/N1N1N1N1/1N1K1N2 w - -
> 0 1
>White(1): go
>              clearing hash tables
>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
>              depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                7     0.10   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6
>                7->   0.13   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6
>                8     0.15   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3
>                8->   0.21   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3
>                9     0.26   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                9->   0.30   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>               10     0.40   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7
>               10->   0.47   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7
>               11     0.63   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6
>               11->   0.79   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6
>               12     1.40   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4
>               12->   1.88   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4
>               13     2.73   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4 Nba5
>               13->   4.15   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4 Nba5
>               14     6.64   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4 Nba5 9. Nec1
>               14->   8.92   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4 Nba5 9. Nec1
>               15    14.38   0.00   1. Nhf4 Nexf4 2. Ndxf4 Nxf4 3. Ngxf4
>                                    Nac5 4. Nxc5 Nbxc5 5. Ng6 Nb3 6. Ngh4
>                                    Ke7 7. Ng6+ Kd6 8. Ngh4 Nba5 9. Nec1
>                                    Kd5
>
>Now can you tell me how it is possible to have 20 Knights on a board in a game
>of chess?




The rules for some problem composition competitions do not limit positions to
purely legal positions based on no more than 10 knights/bishops/rooks or 9
queens.








>
>Well?
>
>:-)))))
>
>Excellent.
>
>Christopher

• Also there is...... Christopher Conkie 20:05:39 06/12/05
  • Re: Also there is...... Robert Hyatt 06:06:57 06/13/05
    • Re: Also there is...... Uri Blass 06:45:26 06/13/05
      • Re: Also there is...... Robert Hyatt 11:10:32 06/13/05
        • Re: Also there is...... Gerd Isenberg 11:47:07 06/13/05
    • Re: Also there is...... Christopher Conkie 06:42:44 06/13/05
• Re: Giddie up and ride that pony...... Christopher Conkie 19:19:23 06/12/05
  • Re: Giddie up and ride that pony...... Robert Hyatt 06:08:04 06/13/05
    • This can't be meant surely....... Christopher Conkie 07:12:28 06/13/05
      • Re: This can't be meant surely....... Robert Hyatt 11:12:35 06/13/05
      • Look again Christopher Conkie 08:20:17 06/13/05
        • Re: Look again Robert Hyatt 19:13:38 06/13/05
          • Re: Look again Madhavan 20:26:13 06/13/05
            • Re: Look again Robert Hyatt 07:35:19 06/14/05
  • Re: Checker's or chess or draughts or riversi or... Madhavan 19:25:05 06/12/05
    • Please: Three in a Row BUT in the "Numbered" Version Rolf Tueschen 04:35:13 06/13/05
      • Re: Please: Three in a Row BUT in the "Numbered" Version Madhavan 04:26:54 06/14/05

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