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Subject: Re: " Tb or not Tb?" Ay,That is the Question..

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:35:01 02/06/06

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On February 06, 2006 at 12:29:56, Jouni Uski wrote:

>This castling example
>
>[D]2k5/3P4/8/8/8/8/1r5p/R3K3 b Q -
>
>is played correctly by Fritz9! Other engines fail (I have only partial 5 piece
>set). Bravo Frans.
>
>1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Ra7+
>  -+  (-#18)   Depth: 12/36   00:00:00  1092kN, tb=455
>1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Ra7+
>  -+  (-#18)   Depth: 12/36   00:00:01  1198kN, tb=567
>
>Jouni

This is CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 without tablebases (it finds Kd8 instantly):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	-1.28	1715		1...Kd8 2.O-O-O Rb7 3.Rh1
0:00	1/5	-1.28	2902		1...Kd8 2.O-O-O Rb7 3.Rh1 Rc7+
					4.Kb2
0:00	1/6	-1.62	5766		1...Kd8 2.O-O-O Re2 3.Kb1 Re7 4.Rh1
					Rh7
0:00	1/7	-1.62	12427		1...Kd8 2.O-O-O Re2 3.Kb1 Re7 4.Rh1
					Rh7
0:00	1/8	-6.26	64417		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Ke2 Rxh1 6.Kd3 Ke6
					7.Ke4 Rh4+ 8.Kd3
0:00	2/9	-6.26	104154		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kf3 Ke6 8.Ke3
0:00	3/10	-6.28	146021		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Ke3 Ke6
					7.Kd4 Rh4+ 8.Kc5 Ke5
0:00	4/11	-6.31	237309		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rc1
					7.Kf3 Ke6 8.Ke4 Rc4+ 9.Kd3 Kd5
0:01	5/12	-6.37	480689		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kg3 Rc4 8.Kf3 Ke6 9.Ke3 Kd5
0:02	6/13	-6.34	1119642		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kg3 Rc4 8.Kf3 Ke6 9.Ke3 Kd5 10.Kd3
0:07	7/14	-6.39	2777506		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kg3 Rb4 8.Kf3 Ke6 9.Ke3 Ke5 10.Kd3
0:15	8/15	-6.38	6434157		1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kg3 Rb4 8.Kf3 Ke6 9.Ke3 Kd5 10.Kd2
					Rb3
0:29	9/16	-6.39	12606996	1...Kd8 2.Ra8+ Kxd7 3.Rh8 h1=Q+
					4.Rxh1 Rb1+ 5.Kf2 Rxh1 6.Kg2 Rh4
					7.Kg3 Rb4 8.Kf3 Ke6 9.Ke2 Ke5 10.Kd3
					Kd5 11.Kc3

jm



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