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Subject: Re: Interesting test position

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 10:06:00 10/20/05

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On October 20, 2005 at 11:46:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Here is the PGN for a blitz game Crafty played on ICC (ignore the pgn headers, I
>fabricated them when annotating the game, I believe the game was a 5 0 blitz).
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2005.10.18"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Crafty 20.1"]
>[WhiteElo ""]
>[Black "unknown"]
>[BlackElo ""]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+
>7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Qe7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2
>Qe5 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qc2 a6 17. a4 Bg4
>18. Rb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Rfe8 22. h3
>Nh5 23. Kd2 Qg5 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rbb1
>Qh2 28. Rg1 Nd7 29. Rbf1 Ne5 30. Ke2 Nxd3 31. Kxd3 Qe5 32. Kd2
>Qf6 33. f4 Ra3 34. Re1 Qd8 35. Re2 Qa5 36. Rb1 Ra4 37. Kd3 f6
>38. Rb5 Qa6 39. Qb3 Ra3 40. Qb2 Ra4 41. e4 Kh7 42. Qc2 Kg8 43. Qb3
>Ra3 44. Qb2 Ra4 45. Qc2 Kh8 46. Qb3 Ra3 47. Qb2 Ra4 48. Qb3
>Ra3 49. Qb2 Ra4 50. h4 h5 51. f5 Kh7 52. Qb1 Ra1 53. Rb6 Qa5
>54. Qb3 Ra3 55. Rb5 Qa6 56. Qc2 Ra1 57. Rb1 Kh8 58. Ree1 Ra2
>59. Qd1 Kg8 60. Qxh5 Ra8 61. Qg4 Ra4 62. e5 dxe5 63. Qe4 Ra3
>64. Rb5 Qa4 65. d6 Ra2 66. Rc1 Rf2 67. Rxc5 Qa2 68. Qe1 Rd8
>69. Ke3 Rxg2 70. Rd1 Rh2 71. Rd2 Rh3+ 72. Ke4 Qa8+ 73. Rdd5
>Rxd6 74. Qb1 Rxd5 75. Rxd5 Qc8 76. Qb5 Rxh4+ 77. Ke3 Qxf5 78. Rd8+
>Kh7 79. Qb3 Qf4+ 80. Kd3 Rh2 81. Rh8+ Kxh8 82. Qd1 e4+ 83. Kd4
>Qd6+ 84. Ke3 Qxd1 85. Kxe4 Rf2 86. c5 *
>
>
>The interesting stuff starts around move 65.  White played d6 with an eval of
>+3.20.  Let your program search there to see what it likes.  The longer you
>search, the more the score should drop.

[D]r5k1/6p1/5p2/1RpPpP2/q1P1Q2P/r1PK4/6P1/4R3 w - - 4 65
The Baron likes 65.Rb1. No decreasing score at all after more than 20 minutes on
a P4-2.4:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  6(13)&   0:01.05    102228   +2.20  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Rb5xc5 Ra3-a2 Kd3-e3
                                      (Qa4-d7)
  6(14).   0:01.27    149045   +2.20  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Rb5xc5 Ra3-a2 Kd3-e3
                                      (Qa4-d7)
  7(15)&   0:01.76    243911   +2.30  Re1-b1 Ra3-a2 Kd3-e3 Ra8-d8 Rb1-b2
                                      Ra2xb2
  7(15)&   0:02.59    378919   +2.33  Qe4-g4 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e2 Qa4-c2 Ke2-f1
                                      Ra3-a2 Qg4-f3 Ra2-a3 (Rb5xc5) (Ra3xc3)
  7(15).   0:02.91    446635   +2.33  Qe4-g4 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e2 Qa4-c2 Ke2-f1
                                      Ra3-a2 Qg4-f3 Ra2-a3 (Rb5xc5) (Ra3xc3)
  8(15)&   0:04.73    784077   +2.29  Qe4-g4 Ra8-d8 Rb5xc5 Qa4-b4 Rc5-c7
                                      Rd8xd5 Kd3-e2 Ra3-a2 (Ke2-f1)
  8(16)&   0:07.64   1292475   +2.36  d5-d6 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1
                                      Qa4-a7 Rb5xc5 Qa7-d7 (Rc5-c7)
  8(17).   0:08.52   1472798   +2.36  d5-d6 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1
                                      Qa4-a7 Rb5xc5 Qa7-d7 (Rc5-c7)
  9(16)&   0:15.71   2729239   +2.40  Qe4-g4 Ra8-d8 Rb5xc5 Qa4-b4 Rc5-c7
                                      Rd8xd5 Kd3-e2 Rd5-d2 Ke2-f1 (Qb4-f8)
  9(19).   0:20.00   3583309   +2.40  Qe4-g4 Ra8-d8 Rb5xc5 Qa4-b4 Rc5-c7
                                      Rd8xd5 Kd3-e2 Rd5-d2 Ke2-f1 (Qb4-f8)
 10(18)&   0:34.61   6334120   +2.47  Qe4-g4 Ra3-b3 Re1-b1 Rb3xb5 Rb1xb5
                                      Qa4-a1 Rb5-b7 Qa1-f1 Kd3-e3 Qf1-e1 Ke3-f3
                                      Qe1-f1 (Kf3-g3)
 10(20).   0:43.29   7996844   +2.47  Qe4-g4 Ra3-b3 Re1-b1 Rb3xb5 Rb1xb5
                                      Qa4-a1 Rb5-b7 Qa1-f1 Kd3-e3 Qf1-e1 Ke3-f3
                                      Qe1-f1 (Kf3-g3)
 11(20)&   1:02.89  11713057   +2.42  Qe4-g4 Ra3-b3 Re1-b1 Rb3xb5 Rb1xb5
                                      Qa4-a1 Rb5-b7 Qa1-f1 Kd3-e3 Qf1-e1 Ke3-f3
                                      Qe1xc3 Kf3-e2 Ra8-a2 (Ke2-f1) (Ra2-a1)
 11(22)&   1:39.31  18576814   +2.54  Re1-b1 Ra3-a2 Kd3-e3 Ra8-d8 Rb1-b3
                                      Ra2-a1 Qe4-g4 Qa4-a2 Rb3-b2 Qa2-a3
 11(22).   1:47.77  20122237   +2.54  Re1-b1 Ra3-a2 Kd3-e3 Ra8-d8 Rb1-b3
                                      Ra2-a1 Qe4-g4 Qa4-a2 Rb3-b2 Qa2-a3
 12(22)&   2:55.55  32721029   +2.51  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Rb5-b8 Qa4-e8 Rb8xd8
                                      Qe8xd8 (Rb1-b5) (Ra3-a2) (Rb5xc5) (Ra2-f2)
(Qe4-g4)
 12(22).   5:21.21  59984688   +2.51  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Rb5-b8 Qa4-e8 Rb8xd8
                                      Qe8xd8 (Rb1-b5) (Ra3-a2) (Rb5xc5) (Ra2-f2)
(Qe4-g4)
 13(28)&   8:11.31  91592085   +2.52  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-d2 Ra3-a2 Kd2-e1
                                      Qa4-a3 Qe4-f3 e5-e4 Qf3-g3 e4-e3 Qg3xe3
                                      Ra2xg2 Qe3-e6 Kg8-h7
 13(28).  12:04.36 134896351   +2.52  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-d2 Ra3-a2 Kd2-e1
                                      Qa4-a3 Qe4-f3 e5-e4 Qf3-g3 e4-e3 Qg3xe3
                                      Ra2xg2 Qe3-e6 Kg8-h7
 14(27)&  21:34.21 238841879   +2.65  Re1-b1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-f3 Ra3-a2 Rb1-b3
                                      Ra2-a3 Rb3xa3 Qa4xa3 Qf3-g4 Qa3-a7 Kd3-e2
                                      Qa7-a2 Ke2-f3 Qa2-d2


>
>If it doesn't follow the game another move and try again.  Crafty's scores
>looked like this:
>
>move 66:  +3.15, 67: +2.41, 68: +1.59, 69: +.62, 70: 0.00, 71: -.39, 72: 0.00,
>73: 0.00, 74: -1.33, 75: -2.76, 76: -2.75, 77: -12.0, 78: -13.66, etc.
>
After forcing 65.d6 Ra2 (although the Baron thinks 65..Rd8 is much better) I'm
getting decreasing scores though:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  6(13)+   0:01.15    127371   +2.63  Qe4-d5 (Kg8-f8) (Re1-c1) (Ra8-d8) (Qd5xc5)
                                      (Ra2xg2) (d6-d7)
  6(13)&   0:01.37    159962   +2.67  Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1 Qa4-a3 Rc1-b1
                                      Qa3-a4 (Kd3-e4)
  6(13).   0:01.43    170892   +2.67  Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1 Qa4-a3 Rc1-b1
                                      Qa3-a4 (Kd3-e4)
  7(17)-   0:02.30    350532   +2.32  Qe4-d5 (Kg8-h7) (Re1-c1) (Ra8-d8)
  7(17)&   0:02.63    417882   +1.84  Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rb5-b1
  7(17).   0:03.02    483611   +1.84  Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rb5-b1
  8(16)&   0:05.27    873801   +1.58  Kd3-e3 Qa4-a3 Qe4-d3 Ra2xg2 Ke3-f3
                                      Rg2-h2 Qd3-d5 Kg8-f8
  8(16)+   0:07.69   1279795   +2.19  Re1-c1 (Kg8-h7) (Rb5-b7) (Ra8-d8) (Rb7-b6)
  8(16)&   0:09.88   1657627   +2.59  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5-b7
                                      Ra2-f2 g2-g3 Qa4-a6 (d6-d7)
  8(20).   0:10.27   1753417   +2.59  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5-b7
                                      Ra2-f2 g2-g3 Qa4-a6 (d6-d7)
  9(16)&   0:15.65   2707840   +2.42  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 d6-d7
                                      Qa4-a3 Rb5-b1 Ra2-f2 Rc1-f1 (Qa3-a2)
  9(18).   0:18.12   3140678   +2.42  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 d6-d7
                                      Qa4-a3 Rb5-b1 Ra2-f2 Rc1-f1 (Qa3-a2)
 10(18)&   0:29.49   5184635   +2.14  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5-b7
                                      e5-e4 Kd3-e3 Qa4-a3 Qd5-d1 Ra2xg2 Qd1-h5
                                      Kh7-g8 Qh5-f7 (Kg8-h8)
 10(20).   0:33.50   5970715   +2.14  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5-b7
                                      e5-e4 Kd3-e3 Qa4-a3 Qd5-d1 Ra2xg2 Qd1-h5
                                      Kh7-g8 Qh5-f7 (Kg8-h8)
 11(20)&   1:19.86  14423911   +2.08  Re1-c1 Ra2-f2 Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5
                                      Kg8-h7 g2-g3 Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8
                                      (Qa3xa8)
 11(26).   1:32.16  17218263   +2.08  Re1-c1 Ra2-f2 Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5
                                      Kg8-h7 g2-g3 Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8
                                      (Qa3xa8)
 12(22)&   2:44.44  30479479   +1.83  Re1-c1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e3 Qa4-a3 Qe4-d5
                                      Kg8-h7 Rb5-b1 Ra2-b2 Ke3-d3 Rb2-f2 Rc1-f1
                                      Qa3-a2

and after 66.Rc1 Rf2 it increases again:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  6(13).   0:01.48    169734   +2.96  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5xc5
                                      Qa4-e8
  7(13)&   0:02.03    269848   +2.95  Kd3-e3 Qa4-a2 Qe4xa8 Qa2xa8 Ke3xf2
                                      Qa8-e4 Rb5-b8 Kg8-f7
  7(15).   0:03.35    489729   +2.95  Kd3-e3 Qa4-a2 Qe4xa8 Qa2xa8 Ke3xf2
                                      Qa8-e4 Rb5-b8 Kg8-f7
  8(15)&   0:04.50    704532   +2.92  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5xc5
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Ra8-d8
  8(16).   0:08.40   1387622   +2.92  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 Rb5xc5
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Ra8-d8
  9(19)-   0:23.89   4152919   +2.57  Kd3-e3 (Rf2-f4) (Qe4-d5) (Kg8-h7) (Rb5xc5)
                                      (Qa4-a2) (Qd5-d2) (Qa2-a7) (Qd2-d5)
(Qa7-a2) <rep>
  9(19)&   0:28.40   4902549   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8
  9(19).   0:38.56   6657200   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8
 10(18)&   0:46.30   8080613   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8 Qa3xa8 (c3xd4)
 10(20).   1:00.42  10684309   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8 Qa3xa8 (c3xd4)
 11(19)&   1:11.79  12828938   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8 Qa3xa8 c3xd4
 11(21).   1:40.95  18167161   +2.08  Kd3-e3 Rf2-f4 Qe4-d5 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      Qa4-a3 Rc1-c2 Rf4-d4 Qd5xa8 Qa3xa8 c3xd4
 12(22)&   2:20.00  25519794   +2.31  Kd3-e3 Qa4-a2 Qe4xa8 Qa2xa8 Ke3xf2
                                      Qa8-a2 Kf2-e3 Qa2xc4 Rb5-b8 Kg8-h7 g2-g3
                                      e5-e4 Rc1-d1 Qc4xc3 (Ke3xe4) (Qc3-e5) (Ke4
-f3)
                                      (Qe5xf5) (Kf3-e2)

After 67.Rxc5 Qa2 the white score sinks below zero rapidly. Perhaps 67.Rxc5 was
not the best one?:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  5(13).   0:01.10    113649   +1.30  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e3 Qa2-a7 (Ke3xf2)
  6(14)&   0:01.21    144399   +1.10  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Qe1-e3
                                      (Rg2-g3)
  6(14).   0:01.70    223181   +1.10  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Qe1-e3
                                      (Rg2-g3)
  7(15)&   0:02.20    322277   +1.40  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 h4-h5
                                      Rg2-f2 (h5-h6)
  7(15).   0:02.80    423394   +1.40  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 h4-h5
                                      Rg2-f2 (h5-h6)
  8(16)-   0:05.11    817061   +1.05  Qe4-e1 (Ra8-d8) (Rc5-c6) (Rf2xg2) (h4-h5)
                                      (e5-e4) (Kd3-e3) (Qa2-a4)
  8(16)&   0:05.99    996977   +0.00  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Rc6-b6
                                      Rg2-g4 Rb6-c6 Rg4-g2 <rep>
  8(16).   0:07.91   1342409   +0.00  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Rc6-b6
                                      Rg2-g4 Rb6-c6 Rg4-g2 <rep>
  9(18)&   0:10.22   1794424   -0.21  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Kd3-e3
                                      Qa2-a4 Rc6-c7 Rd8xd6 (Ke3-f3)
  9(18).   0:15.43   2652318   -0.21  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Kd3-e3
                                      Qa2-a4 Rc6-c7 Rd8xd6 (Ke3-f3)
 10(19)&   0:29.49   5322789   -0.24  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-a5 Qa2xa5 Qe1xf2
                                      Qa5-a3 Qf2-e3 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e2 Qa3-a2 Ke2-f3
                                      (Qa2xc4)
 10(19).   0:42.13   7624914   -0.24  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Rc5-a5 Qa2xa5 Qe1xf2
                                      Qa5-a3 Qf2-e3 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e2 Qa3-a2 Ke2-f3
 11(20)&   1:16.40  14152162   -0.51  Qe4-e1 Ra8-d8 Kd3-e3 Rf2xg2 Rc1-d1
                                      Rg2-h2 Rd1-d2 Qa2-a7 Rd2-d5 Rd8xd6
(Ke3-e4)

and finally after 68.Qe1 Rd8:
 ply       time        nodes   score  pv
  6(13)&   0:01.10    112484   +0.00  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Rc6-b6 Rg2-g4 Rb6-c6
                                      Rg4-g2 <rep>
  6(13).   0:01.37    157128   +0.00  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Rc6-b6 Rg2-g4 Rb6-c6
                                      Rg4-g2 <rep>
  7(15)&   0:01.70    221092   -0.21  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Kd3-e3 Qa2-a4 Rc6-c7
                                      Rd8xd6 (Ke3-f3)
  7(15).   0:02.80    408084   -0.21  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 Kd3-e3 Qa2-a4 Rc6-c7
                                      Rd8xd6 (Ke3-f3)
  8(16)&   0:05.22    836343   -0.42  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 h4-h5 Qa2-a8 Qe1-e4
                                      Rg2-g3 Kd3-e2 Rd8xd6 (Ke2-f2)
  8(19).   0:07.85   1321793   -0.42  Rc5-c6 Rf2xg2 h4-h5 Qa2-a8 Qe1-e4
                                      Rg2-g3 Kd3-e2 Rd8xd6 (Ke2-f2)
  9(16)&   0:12.80   2212376   -0.51  Kd3-e3 Rf2xg2 Rc1-d1 Rg2-h2 Rd1-d2
                                      Qa2-a7 Rd2-d5 Rd8xd6
  9(21).   0:18.67   3300847   -0.51  Kd3-e3 Rf2xg2 Rc1-d1 Rg2-h2 Rd1-d2
                                      Qa2-a7 Rd2-d5 Rd8xd6
 10(20)&   0:33.45   6105546   -0.44  Rc5-a5 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e3 Qa2xa5 Ke3xf2
                                      Qa5-c5 Kf2-f1 Qc5xc4 Kf1-g1 Qc4-g4 Qe1-f2
                                      Rd6-d3 (Kg1-f1)
 10(22).   0:37.79   6965960   -0.44  Rc5-a5 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e3 Qa2xa5 Ke3xf2
                                      Qa5-c5 Kf2-f1 Qc5xc4 Kf1-g1 Qc4-g4 Qe1-f2
                                      Rd6-d3 (Kg1-f1)
 11(22)-   1:36.12  17838890   -0.79  Rc5-a5 (Rd8xd6) (Kd3-e3) (Qa2-b2) (Ra5-d5)
                                      (Rd6xd5) (c4xd5) (Rf2xf5) (g2-g4) (Rf5-f4)
 11(22)&   1:46.12  19988753   -0.89  Rc5-a5 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e3 Qa2-b2 Rc1-b1
                                      Qb2-c2 Ra5-d5 Rd6xd5 Rb1-b8 Kg8-h7 c4xd5
                                      Rf2-f4
 11(22).   3:14.71  35795448   -0.89  Rc5-a5 Rd8xd6 Kd3-e3 Qa2-b2 Rc1-b1
                                      Qb2-c2 Ra5-d5 Rd6xd5 Rb1-b8 Kg8-h7 c4xd5
                                      Rf2-f4



Needless to say: all searches started with clean hashtables.

>I first thought I had some sort of bug, but after playing back through the
>position, this is less a bug and more just missing deep tactics.  Would be
>interesting to see what kinds of scores at different depths other programs see
>starting at move 66...



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