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Subject: Re: Test position and Crafty slow down

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 01:07:49 11/10/99

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On November 10, 1999 at 03:37:47, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>On November 09, 1999 at 17:17:06, James Robertson wrote:
[snip]
>I gave this position to crafty and did a search Nd5. Here are the results for
>crafty16.19 and crafty17.0.
>
>Crafty16.19
>===========
>
>  12->  11.30  -0.07   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                       4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 Nd7 7.
>                       Ng5 Qc2 8. Ne6+ Ke7 9. Rd3 Qxa2 10.
>                       Nxg7
>  13    27.83   0.13   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                       4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                       Qf5 Ba6 8. Rc1 Qxc1 9. Rxc1 Rxc1+
>  13->  27.83   0.13   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                       4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                       Qf5 Ba6 8. Rc1 Qxc1 9. Rxc1 Rxc1+
>  14    44.83     ++   1. Nd5!!
>  14->   1:18   0.52   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                       4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                       Qf5 Ba6 8. Rc1 Qxc1 9. Rxc1 Rxc1+
>  15     2:12     ++   1. Nd5!!
>  15->   8:59   0.91   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                       4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                       Qf5 Ba6 8. Rc1 Qxc1 9. Rxc1 Rxc1+
> time=15:00  cpu=199%  mat=0  n=476806687  fh=96%  nps=529508
> ext-> checks=46001900 recaps=737487 pawns=154520 1rep=5107499 thrt:139967
> predicted=0  nodes=476806687  evals=31020644
> endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
> SMP->  split=1274  stop=164  data=10/64  cpu=29:59  elap=15:00
>
>and
>crafty17.0
>==========
>
> 12->  15.23  -0.67   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 Nd7 7.
>                      Ng5 Qc2 8. Ne6+ Ke7 9. Rd3 Qxa2 10.
>                      Nxg7
> 13    30.92  -0.60   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                      Bg6 Qc5 8. e4 Nd7
> 13->  30.92  -0.60   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                      Bg6 Qc5 8. e4 Nd7
> 14    46.22     ++   1. Nd5!!
> 14->   1:35  -0.21   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Rc8 6. Nxf7 a5 7.
>                      Bg6 Qc5 8. e4 Nd7
> 15     3:43   0.00   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Ke7 6. Nxf7 Rc8 7.
>                      Qf5 Kf8 8. Qf4 Ke7 9. Qf5
> 15->   3:43   0.00   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Ke7 6. Nxf7 Rc8 7.
>                      Qf5 Kf8 8. Qf4 Ke7 9. Qf5
> 16    10:51   0.00   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Bxg5 6. Qh8+ Ke7
>                      7. Qxg7 Rf8 8. Qxg5+ Ke8 9. Rc1 Qd8
>                      10. Qf5 Nd7 11. a3 Qf6
> 16->  10:51   0.00   1. Nd5 exd5 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qxh7+ Kf8
>                      4. cxd5 d6 5. Bh5 Bxg5 6. Qh8+ Ke7
>                      7. Qxg7 Rf8 8. Qxg5+ Ke8 9. Rc1 Qd8
>                      10. Qf5 Nd7 11. a3 Qf6
>time=15:00  cpu=200%  mat=0  n=314623673  fh=93%  nps=349445
>ext-> checks=16736788 recaps=643735 pawns=162104 1rep=1411877 thrt:97472
>predicted=0  nodes=314623673  evals=206046602
>endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
>hashing-> trans/ref=23%  pawn=2%  used=99%
>SMP->  split=1349  stop=171  data=10/64  cpu=30:01  elap=15:00
>
>Comparing these results show:
>
>              Crafty16.19   Crafty17.0
>score(15)         0.91          0.0
>nps             529508       349445
>
>So for this position crafty16.19 looks much better than crafty17.0.
>Crafty17.0 is 34% slower than crafty16.19, not to mention the evaluation.
>BTW computation was done on a 2xPIII 450MHz computer running WinNT4.0.
Actually, crafty 17.0 beat the pants off of 16.19.  It finished ply 15 at 3:43
compared to 8:59 so it looks to be much more than twice as fast.  The nodes mean
nothing compared to finishing a ply.



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