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Subject: Re: Zappa 1.1

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 00:34:46 09/16/05

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On September 15, 2005 at 07:21:19, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On September 15, 2005 at 06:43:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On September 15, 2005 at 06:26:30, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>On September 15, 2005 at 04:30:38, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>The better test for the engine in this position, is to see when the program see
>>>>that Rxd4 is not winning. Since Rxd4 is only a draw with best play.
>>>>This is why many programs will not play Rxd4, or drop the move with a longer
>>>>search.
>>>
>>>1. Rxd4 cxd4 2. Re7+ Kb6 3. Qxd4+ Kxa5 4. b4+ Ka4 5. Ra7 Bb7 6. Rxb7 Qxd5 7. Rb6
>>>1-0
>>
>>I always thought that simply 1. .. Kb6 was never refuted?
>
>You are absolutely right, missed that one. But I would like to see the engine
>that plays 1..Kb6
>
>Hmmm...
>
>Ed

Shredder plays it in 24 seconds on my 4200+

Ernst.

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: Deep Shredder 9 x64 (1000 MB)
by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
 11/27	 0:01 	+0.54 	1...Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd2 Rhd8 4.Re7+ Kb6 5.Nb3 a5
(1.267.319) 1210
 12/25	 0:01 	+0.31 	1...Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rd2 Kb6 4.b4 (2.301.774) 1217
 12/34	 0:03 	+0.32++	1...Kb6 (4.082.874) 1209
 12/34	 0:04 	+0.39 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rhe8 9.Rxe8 Rxe8 (5.818.777) 1213
 13/35	 0:06 	+0.58 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 a5 9.Bf1 Rhf8 10.Rxf8 Rxf8 (8.260.679) 1232
 14/37	 0:10 	+0.54 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rdf8 9.Rxf8 Rxf8 10.Nxc6 Kxc6 11.f4 (13.527.491) 1247
 14/37	 0:13 	+0.55++	1...Bxd5 (16.616.570) 1266
 14/37	 0:13 	+0.55 	1...Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rdd1 Rhd8 4.b4 (17.099.167) 1270
 15/36	 0:19 	+0.63 	1...Bxd5 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Rdd1 Rhd8 4.b4 Kb6 5.bxc5+ Kxc5
6.Rxd5+ Nxd5 7.Nb7+ Kd4 (24.675.354) 1276
 15/41	 0:24 	+0.64++	1...Kb6 (31.967.143) 1285
 15/41	 0:29 	+0.70 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rdf8 9.Rd6 Kc5 10.Rxc6+ Bxc6 11.Ne6+ Kc4 12.Nxf8 Rxf8
(38.082.048) 1311
 16/39	 0:43 	+0.65 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rdf8 9.Rxf8 Rxf8 10.Nxc6 Kxc6 11.f4 Kc5 12.Re7 (57.419.093)
1305
 17/42	 1:19 	+0.71 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rdf8 9.Rd6 Kc5 (103.831.202) 1308
 18/45	 2:22 	+0.55 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.Nd4 Rdf8 9.Rxf8 Rxf8 10.Nxc6 Kxc6 11.f4 Kc5 12.Re7 Rf7 13.Rxf7
Bxf7 (184.940.678) 1296
 19/49	 5:07 	+0.70 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.f4 Rhf8 9.Rxf8 Rxf8 10.Bd7 Rd8 11.Bxc6 Kxc6 12.Kb2 Kb6 13.Nd4
a5 14.Re7 (393.665.708) 1280
 20/51	 9:05 	+0.52 	1...Kb6 2.b4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Nxd5 4.Rxf7 cxb4 5.axb4 Nxb4 6.Nb3
Bd5 7.Rf6+ Nc6 8.f4 b4 9.Re7 Bxb3 10.cxb3 Kc5 11.Ree6 (691.801.815) 1269
best move: Ka7-b6 time: 12:43.328 min  n/s: 1.246.372  CPU 199.7%   n/s(1CPU):
624.122  nodes: 951.372.333




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