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Subject: Re: unsolveable in the 90's - how about now?

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 04:28:45 08/29/05

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On a simple Athlon XP 1800MHz
Crafty 19.20 gives with the following extensions
extension check       0.75
extension onerep      1.00
extension recapture   1.00
extension mate        1.00


               11->   1:05  -3.40   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. g4 Qb7 7.
                                    Nxc6 Rxc6 8. Bxb5
               12     1:31  -3.28   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. Ra6 Bb7 7.
                                    Bxg5 Bxg5 8. Qxe6+ Qxe6 9. Rxe6
               12     2:53     +1   1. Qxg6+!!
               12     3:18     +3   1. Qxg6+!!
               12     3:55  -0.52   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rd1 Ra1 9. Rxa1 Qa7 10.
                                    Rb1 Qa1+ 11. Kxa1 Ra8+ 12. Kb2 f2 13.
                                    Nxc6 Rf8 14. Bxb5+
               12->   4:00  -0.52   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rd1 Ra1 9. Rxa1 Qa7 10.
                                    Rb1 Qa1+ 11. Kxa1 Ra8+ 12. Kb2 f2 13.
                                    Nxc6 Rf8 14. Bxb5+
               13     5:13     +1   1. Qxg6+!!
               13     7:56     +3   1. Qxg6+!!
               13    10:30     +M   1. Qxg6+!!
               13    30:42  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
                                    10. Kb2 <HT>
               13->  30:46  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
                                    10. Kb2 <HT>
               14    40:30  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
                                    13. Kxa1 Bg5 14. Bh3+ Bc1 15. Rxc1#
               14->  40:39  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
                                    13. Kxa1 Bg5 14. Bh3+ Bc1 15. Rxc1#
              time=45:00  mat=-5  n=3091018887  fh=89%  nps=1.14M
              ext-> chk=178894603 cap=5495777 1rep=26997173 mate=7331120
              predicted=0  nodes=3091018887  evals=173577549  50move=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
              hashing-> 8%(raw) 7%(depth)  99%(sat)  99%(pawn)
              hashing-> 0%(exact)  6%(lower)  0%(upper)
              SMP->  split=0  stop=0  data=0/32  elap=45:00

mate in 15 moves.

Note that Qxg6+ is found in 2:53 to 3:40 from Classic 2005
on Hardware running at 1.14M nps compared to 4.59M nps.

Kind regards
Bernhard

On August 28, 2005 at 13:05:36, Mike Byrne wrote:

>CCC arhives indicated no pc program was able to solve this in the late 90's.  In
>2002, Ruffian was reported to solve fairly quickly.
>
>Crafty Classic 2005
>Black(1): [d]1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1
>
>White(1): st 60000
>search time set to 60000.00.
>White(1): g
>              time surplus  28.68  time limit 1000:00 (1000:00)
>              depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                1     0.00  -5.47   1. Nxc6 Qxc6 2. Qxf3
>                1->   0.00  -5.47   1. Nxc6 Qxc6 2. Qxf3
>                2     0.00  -5.47   1. Nxc6 Qxc6 2. Qxf3
>                2     0.00     +1   1. h5!!
>                2     0.00  -4.91   1. h5 Bxd4 2. Qxd4
>                2->   0.02  -4.91   1. h5 Bxd4 2. Qxd4
>                3     0.02     +1   1. h5!!
>                3     0.02     +3   1. h5!!
>                3     0.02  -3.38   1. h5 Kh8 2. Nxc6
>                3->   0.02  -3.38   1. h5 Kh8 2. Nxc6
>                4     0.02  -3.35   1. h5 Kh8 2. hxg6 Ng5 3. Nxc6 Qxc6
>                4->   0.02  -3.35   1. h5 Kh8 2. hxg6 Ng5 3. Nxc6 Qxc6
>                5     0.03  -3.26   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Qf4
>                5->   0.03  -3.26   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Qf4
>                6     0.05  -3.30   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Nxc6 Qxc6 5. Ra7
>                6->   0.07  -3.30   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Nxc6 Qxc6 5. Ra7 (s=2)
>                7     0.11  -3.35   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Kb1 Qc7 5. Nxc6 Qxc6
>                7->   0.14  -3.35   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Kb1 Qc7 5. Nxc6 Qxc6
>                8     0.25  -3.35   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Kb1 Qc7 5. Nxc6 Qxc6 6. Ra3
>                8->   0.43  -3.35   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Qe3 Rgc8
>                                    4. Kb1 Qc7 5. Nxc6 Qxc6 6. Ra3 (s=2)
>                9     0.96  -3.55   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Ra7 Qxa7
>                                    4. Nxc6 Qc7 5. Nxb8 Rxb8 6. Kb1
>                9->   2.24  -3.55   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Ra7 Qxa7
>                                    4. Nxc6 Qc7 5. Nxb8 Rxb8 6. Kb1 (s=4)
>               10     4.21  -3.54   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Ra6 Bb7 4.
>                                    Ra7 Qc7 5. Qe3 Rgc8 6. Bxb5 Ne4 7.
>                                    Qxf3 Nxc3 (s=3)
>               10->   7.91  -3.54   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Ra6 Bb7 4.
>                                    Ra7 Qc7 5. Qe3 Rgc8 6. Bxb5 Ne4 7.
>                                    Qxf3 Nxc3
>               11    13.83  -3.40   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. g4 Qb7 7.
>                                    Nxc6 Rxc6 8. Bxb5
>               11->  23.41  -3.40   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. g4 Qb7 7.
>                                    Nxc6 Rxc6 8. Bxb5 (s=2)
>               12    37.93  -3.28   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. Ra6 Bb7 7.
>                                    Bxg5 Bxg5 8. Qxe6+ Qxe6 9. Rxe6
>               12->  52.88  -3.28   1. h5 Ng5 2. hxg6+ Kh8 3. Be3 Rgf8
>                                    4. Bf4 Rbc8 5. Qe3 Kg8 6. Ra6 Bb7 7.
>                                    Bxg5 Bxg5 8. Qxe6+ Qxe6 9. Rxe6
>               13     1:58  -3.24   1. h5 Kh8 2. hxg6 Ng5 3. Be3 Rgf8 4.
>                                    Bf4 <HT>
>               13     3:40     +1   1. Qxg6+!!
>               13     4:04     +3   1. Qxg6+!!
>               13     4:23     +M   1. Qxg6+!!
>               13     4:40   0.14   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Na2 Rxa2+ 11. Kxa2 Qa7+ 12. Kb2
>                                    Qa3+ 13. Kxa3 Be7+ 14. Kb3 f2 15. Bh3+
>                                    f1=Q 16. Rxf1#
>               13->   4:40   0.14   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Na2 Rxa2+ 11. Kxa2 Qa7+ 12. Kb2
>                                    Qa3+ 13. Kxa3 Be7+ 14. Kb3 f2 15. Bh3+
>                                    f1=Q 16. Rxf1# (s=3)
>               14     5:54     +1   1. Qxg6+!!
>               14     7:19     +3   1. Qxg6+!!
>               14     9:42     +M   1. Qxg6+!!
>               14    26:48  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>                                    (s=2)
>               14->  26:51  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>               15    83:34  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>               15->  84:01  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>               16   155:57  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>               16-> 157:54  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>?              17   710:30   1/44*  1. Qxg6+
>White(1): ?
>              time=710:35  mat=-5  n=195820743468  fh=93%  nps=4.59M
>              ext-> chk=-97390014 cap=129451010 1rep=1883001635 mate=80428317
>              predicted=0  nodes=195820743468  evals=1321303848  50move=0
>              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
>              SMP->  split=6122  stop=1571  data=11/64  elap=710:35
>
>mate in 15 moves.
>
>
>White(1): Qxg6+



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