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Subject: Re: Can your prog solve this -- results

Author: John Stanback

Date: 12:10:55 02/19/99

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On February 18, 1999 at 19:26:23, Will Singleton wrote:

>
>On February 18, 1999 at 19:07:04, John Stanback wrote:
>
>>Here is Zarkov's output (P2-300).  It sees that dxe5 is bad
>>after 1.4 seconds, but at 23.1 seconds it also finds that Bc1
>>is bad and at 1:52 it changes to Be3 which it thinks is a little
>>better.  If I play dxe5 and search for a while the score is
>>about -1.2 pawns, which is about the same as if I play Be3 and
>>search for a while.
>>
>>
>>00:00.6    21829  5>   -67  dxe5 a4 Qb4 fxe5 Nh4 exf4 Nxf5
>>00:01.0    38656  5    -65  dxe5 a4 Qb4 fxe5 Nh4 exf4 Nxf5
>>00:01.2    45911  6>   -65  dxe5 a4 Qb4 fxe5 Nh4 exf4 Nxf5
>>00:01.4    55680  6   -123  dxe5 a4 Qb4 fxe5 Nh4 exf4 Nxf5
>>00:03.5   129024  6    -75  Bc1 Re6 Rd3 b5 Qa2 Ned6 Rdd1
>>00:04.2   158434  7>   -75  Bc1 Re6 Rd3 b5 Qa2 Ned6 Rdd1
>>00:07.8   302208  7    -78  Bc1 Re6 Rd3 b5 Re1 Qd7 a4
>>00:09.8   394195  8>   -78  Bc1 Re6 Rd3 b5 Re1 Qd7 a4
>>00:23.1   907520  8   -137  Bc1 Re6 Rd3 b5 Re1 Qd7 a4
>>00:41.1  1657088  8   -131  Nh4 exf4 Nxf5 Ncd2 Rxd2 Nxd2 Qxd5+ Qxd5 Bxd5+ Kh7
>>01:51.7  4453632  8   -117  Be3 exd4 cxd4 Re6 Nh4 Rb6 Qxb6 cxb6 Nxf5 Nxa3
>>01:56.4  4633910  9>  -117  Be3 exd4 cxd4 Re6 Nh4 Rb6 Qxb6 cxb6 Nxf5 Nxa3
>
>
>Hello John,
>
>I note that your ply 6 pv (for dxe5) is the same for 2 different scores.  Do you
>truncate it somehow?
>
>You get about 38k nps, which is similar to Hiarcs on that machine.  You also
>search over 4 million nodes before finishing with ply 8.  Lots of extensions?
>Is this the ticket to 2900 ICC?
>
>Will

Hi Will,

Zarkov's output is a little confusing.  The line with "6>" means
that the sixth iteration just started.  So the score and PV actually
reflect the end of the 5th iteration.

The 8th iteration took a lot longer than usual for this position because
the score for the first move (Bc1) dropped quite a bit and it spent a lot
of time trying to find something better.

Zarkov extends on the usual stuff such as checks, pawn to 7th, recaptures,
and also has some threat extensions.

John



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