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Subject: Re: Speaking of Time Management

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 19:08:35 10/30/99

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On October 30, 1999 at 11:32:03, James T. Walker wrote:

>Last night I let Rebel Century on the K6-3 play against Hiarcs 7.32 on the PII.
>This morning the 2nd game was on when I woke up and this position was reached
>with black (Hiarcs 7.32) to move.
>8/2RK2kp/8/3Q4/r5r1/8/8/8 b
>Here is what then happened.  Hiarcs 7.32 at the 28 minute mark had found this
>variation: 45....Kf8 46 Kc8 Ra6 47 Rf7+ Kg8 48 Re7+ Kf8 49 Rd7 Rc4+ 50 Qxc4 Rb6
>51 Rf7+ Kg8 52 Re7+ Kf8 53 Rd7 Rc6+  +/- (#26) (Calling Mate in 26 on itself)
>Hiarcs did not stop here!  At the 42 minute mark, Rebel gave up and reset itself
>which immediately caused it to crash.  At the 45 minute mark Hiarcs reset itself
>and the GUI gave the message "Time out in game #2".  I guess there is a limit
>even to a computer's patience!
>But that's not even the best part.  Take a look at Hiarcs 7.32 variation.  It is
>absolute nonsense.  I guess the win goes to Rebel Century even though it does
>not have tablebases and there is a possibility it could have ended up with a
>Queen vs a rook ending which it cannot win.
>Jim Walker


Hi James,
After ...kh6, probable Hiarcs7.32 move without tablebases,
Rebel Century found a mate in 10 in my PII-300, look:



Thinking....

  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Pos 1 - End 1
8 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  00:00:00      00:00:00
7 |   |   | R | K |   |   |   | *p|
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | *K|  Time          fixed:
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Hash          60 Mb
5 |   |   |   | Q |   |   |   |   |  Engine        Rebel Century
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Personality   Rebel Century
4 | *R|   |   |   |   |   | *R|   |  anti-GM       Off
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  System Tiger  Off
3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  Combination   Off
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Style         Normal
2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  Strength      Strongest
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Search        Normal Search
1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

8/2RK3p/7k/3Q4/r5r1/8/8/8 w - -

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "??.??.????"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pos 1"]
[Black "End 1"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[FEN "8/2RK3p/7k/3Q4/r5r1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1.*

00:00:00  1.00  4.38   1.Ke6
00:00:00  1.01  4.70   1.Kd6
00:00:00  2.00  3.67   1.Kd6 Rg6+ 2.Kd7
00:00:00  2.01  3.72   1.Kd8 Ra8+ 2.Rc8
00:00:00  2.02  4.55   1.Kc8 Ra1
00:00:00  2.08  4.55   1.Qe6+
00:00:00  2.08  4.90   1.Qe6+ Kh5 2.Rc5+ Rg5 3.Qf7+ Kg4
                       4.Rxg5+  (0)

00:00:01  3.00  4.90   1.Qe6+ Kh5 2.Rc5+ Kh4 3.Qh6+ Kg3
                       4.Rc3+ Kf2 5.Rc2+ Kf1 6.Qxh7  (1)

00:00:01  4.00  4.90   1.Qe6+ Kh5 2.Rc5+ Rg5
00:00:02  5.00  4.81   1.Qe6+ Kh5 2.Qf5+ Kh6 3.Kc8 Rg8+
                       4.Kb7 Rb4+ 5.Ka6  (1)

00:00:02  5.01  4.81   1.Qh1+
00:00:02  5.01  5.56   1.Qh1+ Rh4 2.Qc6+ Kh5 3.Qd5+ Kg6
                       4.Rc6 Kg7  (2)

00:00:05  6.00  6.66   1.Qh1+ Kg5 2.Rc5+ Kg6 3.Rc6+
00:00:09  7.00  6.79   1.Qh1+ Kg5 2.Rc5+ Kg6 3.Rc6+
00:01:51  8.00  Mate in 10 moves   1.Qh1+ Kg5

Positions                :      18.942.185
Nodes per second         :         112.083

Extensions (checks)      :       4.185.398 (22%)
Extensions (captures)    :         102.652 (0%)
Extensions (king safety) :          29.394 (0%)
Extensions (on depth)    :          42.005 (0%)
Extensions (remaining)   :             887 (0%)
Extensions (total)       :       4.360.336 (23%)

Hash Table               : 1.611.364  795.785  (73%)
Average depth            : 12
Deepest depth            : 59

Paulo



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