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Subject: Re: Zappa 1.1

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 23:18:21 09/14/05

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On September 14, 2005 at 17:05:59, Ernst Walet wrote:

>Because Zappa 1.1 is SMP and 64 bit, I gave it a try and was pleasant suprised.
>One of my favourite chess positions is this one, where Kasparov played Rxd4.
>How do other engines do? If your engine finds it please give it a couple of more
>plies to see if it holds it.
>
>Ernst.
>
>
>[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - -

XiniX on PM1.7

13. -32  32  29257478   1. Nc6+ Bxc6 2. Qxd6 Rxd6 3. dxc6 Kb6 4. Re7 Kxc6 5.
Rxf7 Re8 6. b3 Re2 7. Bc8 Kd5 8. Bb7+
14. -36  55  49992480   1. Nc6+ Bxc6 2. Qxd6 Rxd6 3. dxc6 Kb6 4. Re7 Kxc6 5.
Rxf7 Re8 6. Kc1 Re2 7. Rd2 Re3 8. Bc8 Kd5
14. -15  104  93913961   1. Rxd4 Bxd5 2. Rxd5 Nxd5 3. Qxf7+ Nc7 4. Re6 Rd7 5.
Rxd6 Rxf7 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7. Ne5 Rff8 8. Rc6 Kb7
15. -6  183  164090827   1. Rxd4 Bxd5 2. Rxd5 Nxd5 3. Qxf7+ Nc7 4. Re6 Rd7 5.
Rxd6 Rxf7 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7. Ne5 Rg7 8. f4 Re8 9. Bd7

It seems I learned a good lesson from Fruit's code: Less but more debugged
knowledge is better than more but less debugged knowledge :)

Commenting out a lot of exceptions (and with it a lot of bugs) seems to be one
of the best things I did this year. And I was convinced, knowing these
exceptions was important :(

Tony



>
>CPU0: AuthenticAMD AMD64 Family 15 Model 43 Stepping 1 2203 MHz
>CPU1: AuthenticAMD AMD64 Family 15 Model 43 Stepping 1 2203 MHz
>GUI: Tablebases with 5 pieces found! [Cache: 16 MB + internal 13.67 MB]
>Engine: Zappa 1.1 (1024 MB)
>by Anthony Cozzie
>  9.00	 0:01 	-0.23 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Rxc6 4.c3 dxc3 5.Re7+ Kb6
>6.bxc3 (2.190.136) 1401
> 10.00	 0:01 	-0.08 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Nd5 4.c3 dxc3 5.c7 f5
>(2.585.518) 1414
> 10.00	 0:03 	-0.08 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Nd5 4.c3 dxc3 5.c7 f5
>(4.590.886) 1498
> 11.00	 0:03 	-0.14 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Kb6 4.Re7 Kxc6 5.Rxf7 Re8
>6.c3 (5.088.000) 1507
> 11.00	 0:05 	-0.14 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Kb6 4.Re7 Kxc6 5.Rxf7 Re8
>6.c3 (8.923.952) 1568
> 12.00	 0:07 	-0.55 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Kb6 4.Re7 Kxc6 5.Rde1 Nd5
>6.Rxf7 b4 (12.367.553) 1567
> 12.00	 0:17 	-0.55 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Kb6 4.Re7 Kxc6 5.Rde1 Nd5
>6.Rxf7 b4 (28.349.537) 1621
> 13.00	 0:19 	-0.29 	1.Nc6+ Bxc6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.dxc6 Kb6 4.Re7 Kxc6 5.Rde1 Rf8
>6.f4 Nd7 7.b3 (31.282.737) 1623
> 13.00	 0:32 	-0.25 	1.Rxd4 cxd4 2.Re7+ Kb6 3.Qxd4+ Kxa5 4.b4+ Ka4 5.Qc3 Bxd5
>6.Kb2 Qc5 7.bxc5 Rhe8 (53.481.819) 1643
> 13.00	 0:40 	-0.20 	1.Rxd4 Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd3 Kb6 4.b4 Re8 5.Rxe8 Nxe8
>6.Rc3 cxb4 7.axb4 (67.094.549) 1676
> 13.00	 0:41 	-0.20 	1.Rxd4 Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd3 Kb6 4.b4 Re8 5.Rxe8 Nxe8
>6.Rc3 cxb4 7.axb4 (69.988.250) 1676
> 14.00	 1:27 	-0.08 	1.Rxd4 Rhf8 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd2 Kb6 4.b4 Rxd5 5.Nb3 cxb4
>6.axb4 Rxd2 7.Nxd2 Re8 (150.876.641) 1721
> 14.00	 1:46 	-0.08 	1.Rxd4 Rhf8 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd2 Kb6 4.b4 Rxd5 5.Nb3 cxb4
>6.axb4 Rxd2 7.Nxd2 Re8 (183.700.881) 1719
> 15.00	 2:49 	-0.23 	1.Rxd4 Bxd5 2.Rxd5 Nxd5 3.Qxf7+ Nc7 4.Re6 Rd7 5.Rxd6 Rxf7
>6.Nc6+ Ka8 7.Ne5 Re7 8.f4 Rhe8 (293.486.566) 1734
> 15.00	 3:59 	-0.23 	1.Rxd4 Bxd5 2.Rxd5 Nxd5 3.Qxf7+ Nc7 4.Re6 Rd7 5.Rxd6 Rxf7
>6.Nc6+ Ka8 7.Ne5 Re7 8.f4 Rhe8 (412.069.282) 1721
> 16.00	 7:20 	-0.15 	1.Rxd4 Rhg8 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rf4 Kb6 4.b4 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxd5
>6.Rxf7 Nxb4 7.Nb3 Bd5 8.Rxh7 Bxf3 (741.746.107) 1684
> 16.00	 9:54 	-0.15 	1.Rxd4 Rhg8 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rf4 Kb6 4.b4 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxd5
>6.Rxf7 Nxb4 7.Nb3 Bd5 8.Rxh7 Bxf3 (991.280.574) 1666
>best move: Rd1xd4 time: 9:59.797 min  n/s: 1.666.541  nodes: 991.280.574



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