Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:53:05 09/01/99
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On September 02, 1999 at 00:42:31, Terry Ripple wrote: >On September 01, 1999 at 22:37:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 01, 1999 at 15:32:26, Côme wrote: >> >>> >>>I played a game of 15mn+3s with Crafty 16.16 on my AMD k6II 350 today,and I >>>destroyed it in 23 moves!! >>>Here is the game: >>> >>>[Event "?"] >>>[Site "?"] >>>[Date "1/8/99"] >>>[Round "-"] >>>[White "Côme Alexandre"] >>>[Black "Crafty 16.16"] >>>[Result "1-0"] >>> >>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. >>>Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 Bb6? 12. Ng3 Qg6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. >>>Rxe6+ Kd7 15. Nh5 gxf6?? 16. Rxf6 Qe4 17. Ng3 Qe8 18. Qg4+ Kd8 19.Rxc6 Qxc6 20. >>>Bg5+ Ke8 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Qf4+ Kg8 23. Nf5 >>>1-0 >>> >>>I think 11...Bb6? is a blunder,the theoretical move 11...0-0-0 is better,but I >>>don't think 11... Bb6? is the decisive error. >>>15...gxf6?? is the lost move,15...Rhe8 is better, the following should be: >>>16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Nxg7 >>>Rf8 unclear position. >>>Could somebody explain to me : >>>How Crafty can play so horrible move like 15...gxf6?? ? >>> >>>PS:Where can I find Lgoliath2000? >>> >>>Best Regards >>>Côme Alexandre. >> >> >>This one is easy. Either (a) you are playing gnuchess and think you are >>playing crafty or (b) you have something broken. Here is output from version >>16.16: >> >> s depth time score variation (1) >> 1 0.00 1.36 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 >> 1-> 0.01 1.36 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 >> 2 0.01 -- 15. ... Kxe6 >> 2 0.01 -0.53 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 >> 2-> 0.02 -0.53 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 >> 3 0.03 -0.69 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 Kd7 17. gxh8=Q >> Rxh8 >> 3-> 0.05 -0.69 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 Kd7 17. gxh8=Q >> Rxh8 >> 4 0.07 -0.88 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 Kd6 17. gxh8=Q >> Rxh8 18. Be3 >> 4-> 0.13 -0.88 15. ... Kxe6 16. fxg7 Kd6 17. gxh8=Q >> Rxh8 18. Be3 >> 5 0.21 -0.76 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 18. Bf4 >> 5-> 0.36 -0.76 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 18. Bf4 >> 6 0.55 -0.80 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 18. Qg4+ Kf7 19. Qf5+ Kg8 >> 6-> 0.87 -0.80 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 18. Qg4+ Kf7 19. Qf5+ Kg8 >> 7 0.88 -- 15. ... Kxe6 >> 7 1.40 -1.57 15. ... Kxe6 16. Nf4+ Kxf6 17. Nxg6 >> Kxg6 18. Qg4+ Kf6 19. Qg5+ Kf7 20. >> Qd5+ Kg6 21. Qxc4 >> 7 2.55 -1.39 15. ... Rae8 16. Nf4 Qf7 17. Qg4 Rxe6 >> 18. Nxe6 Qxf6 19. Nxd4+ Kd6 >> 7 3.57 -1.04 15. ... gxf6 16. Rxf6 Qe4 17. Ng3 Qd5 >> 18. Rf5 Ne5 19. Bf4 >> 7 8.44 -0.75 15. ... Rhg8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. fxg7 Rxg7 >> 18. Qe2 Rg4 19. Re4 Kc8 >> 7-> 9.16 -0.75 15. ... Rhg8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. fxg7 Rxg7 >> 18. Qe2 Rg4 19. Re4 Kc8 >> 8 13.37 -0.88 15. ... Rhg8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. fxg7 Rxg7 >> 18. Qe2 Rg4 19. Re4 Kc8 20. Bd2 >> 8 16.83 ++ 15. ... Rhe8!! >> 8 17.35 -0.48 15. ... Rhe8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxg7 >> Re4 18. c3 d3 19. Nh5 Qf7 >> (3) 8-> 17.78 -0.48 15. ... Rhe8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxg7 >> Re4 18. c3 d3 19. Nh5 Qf7 >> (2) 9 21.20 -0.49 15. ... Rhe8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxg7 >> Re4 18. Bd2 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qf5 20. Ng3 >> 9-> 23.83 -0.49 15. ... Rhe8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxg7 >> Re4 18. Bd2 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qf5 20. Ng3 >> 10 31.00 -0.51 15. ... Rhe8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxg7 >> Re4 18. Bd2 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qf7 20. Ng3 >> Re5 >> >> >>Notice that it _never_ considers your move. Something is wrong with your >>setup, your hardware, or you aren't running crafty. > > > But for a moment it does consider at depth 7, the time was 3.57 & score -1.04 >the move 15... gxf6?? It wouldn't matter... it failed low and is going to think until it finds a reasonable move there. Something is wrong (he has a gross book for sure) with his setup... either the hash tables are way too big, his computer is horribly slow, it has been overclocked and cooked, or whatever...
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