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Subject: Re: 2 Interesting Positions

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 06:04:56 11/22/99

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Arasan (latest build) solves #1 in under 1 second, for the
same reason as Crafty (no checks in qsearch).

#2 is solved in about 10 seconds on a 400MHz box:
ply 1.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.19   39 nodes.
ply 1.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.19   76 nodes.
ply 2.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.06   540 nodes.
ply 3.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.13   3205 nodes.
ply 4.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.03   10998 nodes.
ply 5.  Nc3     1 seconds.      score:   0.09   27006 nodes.
ply 6.  Na7     2 seconds.      score:   0.72   106074 nodes.
ply 6.  Na7     2 seconds.      score:   0.77   142788 nodes.
ply 7.  dxc5    5 seconds.      score:   0.86   329814 nodes.
ply 7.  dxc5    5 seconds.      score:   0.86   331330 nodes.
ply 8.  Nxd6    10 seconds.     score:   0.95   793410 nodes.
ply 8.  Nxd6    11 seconds.     score:   0.95   859258 nodes.
ply 9.  Nxd6    19 seconds.     score:   1.53   1492144 nodes.
ply 10. Nxd6    38 seconds.     score:   1.52   3106895 nodes.

Arasan makes very liberal use of the recapture extension. Here
is the same position with recapture extensions disabled:

ply 1.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.19   39 nodes.
ply 1.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.19   76 nodes.
ply 2.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.06   540 nodes.
ply 3.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.13   3205 nodes.
ply 4.  Nc3     0 seconds.      score:   0.03   10998 nodes.
ply 5.  Nc3     1 seconds.      score:   0.09   26877 nodes.
ply 6.  Na7     2 seconds.      score:   0.72   105313 nodes.
ply 6.  Na7     2 seconds.      score:   0.77   141916 nodes.
ply 7.  dxc5    5 seconds.      score:   0.86   312136 nodes.
ply 7.  dxc5    5 seconds.      score:   0.86   313615 nodes.
ply 8.  dxc5    8 seconds.      score:   0.81   595514 nodes.
ply 9.  Nxd6    25 seconds.     score:   0.98   1870452 nodes.
ply 9.  Nxd6    28 seconds.     score:   0.98   2066893 nodes.
ply 10. Nxd6    54 seconds.     score:   1.52   4264649 nodes.



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