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Subject: Re: WAC cook?

Author: William Bryant

Date: 16:49:32 06/13/99

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On June 13, 1999 at 13:49:41, James Robertson wrote:

>I was testing a newer version of my program with WAC, and at position 146:
>
>8/8/2Kp4/3P1B2/2P2k2/5p2/8/8 w - - bm Bc8; id WAC146;
>
>where it usually chooses Bc8, it chose Bh3, with nearly the same score for both
>moves. I was curious, so I tried Crafty 16.6 on the positions after Bc8 and Bh3,
>respectively. Bc8 (the WAC move) generated a score of ~+9.77 (I think) and Bc8
>generated a score of +9.75. Can anyone else comfirm that the moves are about
>equal?
>
>Thanks,
>James

I don't know how equal they are at deeper depths, but Screamer kept Bc8 until
ply 14, when the score changes from +4.31 to +4.51 when it switched to Bh3.

At ply 15 it found Bc8 much better when it failed high with the score eventually
jumping to +7.78

Analysis below.

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com

New Board Position
8/8/2Kp4/3P1B2/2P2k2/5p2/8/8 w - - bm Bc8; id WAC146;
Move 1 W>>
The Current Search Time: 600 seconds
PLY     NODES     TIME   SCORE  PV
____________________________________________
  5      1436     0:00   +3.03  Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kf2 Bd3
  6      4091     0:00   +3.03  Bh3 Kg3 Bf5 Kf4 Bh3
  6      6240     0:00   +3.27  Bc8 Kg3 c5 dxc5 Kxc5 f2
  7     12693     0:00   +3.27  Bc8 Kg3 c5 dxc5 Kxc5 f2 Ba6
  8     27157     0:00   +3.27  Bc8 Kg3 Bf5 Kf4 Bc8
  9     51092     0:00   +3.27  Bc8 Kg3 Bf5 Kf4 Bc8
 10    101437     0:01   +3.36  Bc8 Kg3 c5 dxc5 Ba6 f2 d6 c4 Bxc4 Kf4
 11    195174     0:02   +3.60  Bc8 Kg3 c5 dxc5 Ba6 f2 d6 c4 Bxc4 Kf4 d7
 12    518942     0:06   +4.20  Bc8 f2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kh2 Kxd6 Kg1 Bh3 f1=Q Bxf1
						Kxf1
 13    952254     0:11   +4.51  Bc8 f2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kh2 Kxd6 Kg1 Be2 f1=Q Bxf1
						Kxf1
 14   1947786     0:23   +4.31  Bc8 f2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kh2 Kxd6 Kg1 Be2 f1=Q Bxf1
						Kxf1 c5 Ke2
 14   2617805     0:31   +4.51  Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kf2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf5 Kf2 Kxd6 Ke1 c5 f2
						Bh3 f1=Q Bxf1 Kxf1
 15   3574138     0:43   +4.51  Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kf2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf1
 15   6129986     1:16   +4.91  Bc8
 16  20048517     4:13   +7.78  Bc8 f2 Bh3 Kg3 Bf1 Kh2 c5 dxc5 d6 Kg1 Bc4 f1=Q
						Bxf1 c4 d7 c3 d8=Q Kxf1



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