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Subject: Re: One another good test position for programs!

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 15:24:39 12/10/99

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On December 10, 1999 at 14:40:09, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On December 10, 1999 at 03:00:04, Paulo Soares wrote:
>
>>On December 09, 1999 at 20:14:01, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On December 09, 1999 at 18:45:42, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>>I think that are some lines that programs can't see even at
>>>>depth 20.
>>>Absolutely.   Any move where the "payoff" is 10 full moves ahead will take 20
>>>plies to see.  And if the payoff is farther, the computer may not make the right
>>>choice until the move is seen.  Often, however, there is a simple reason why a
>>>choice was not seen.  More often than not when the computer analysis is deep
>>>enough to see the benefit drawn in the human analysis, one of the following
>>>problems exists:
>>>{calling the position with a clear benefit the final board position:}
>>>0.  The final board position requires an intermediate positional move.
>>>1.  The final board position requires a deep sacrifice.
>>>2.  There is a zugzwang position between the final board position and the
>>>current position.
>>>3.  The stated move is wrong {happens more often than you might think}.
>>
>>Look for the line below, possibly the best, or less bad, for black. After 14
>>plies I placed Rebel Century (it could be another program ) to analyze the
>>position, you can see that the evaluation is low.
>>White wins this position, but in what item(0,1,2 or3)would you place the
>>position?
>>
>>1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Qh5+ Kg8 3. Rg3 Bf8 4. Bg5 Qc8 5. Rc1 (5. Bf6 Qc2!?) 5...
>>Nc6 6. Bf6 Nxd4 7. Rxc8 Raxc8
>>
>>Position after 7....Raxc8:
>>2r1rbk1/1p3pp1/p3pB2/3pP2Q/P2n4/6RP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 8
>>
>>PIII-450, HT=60Mb, Default settings:
>>
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  ComeDann
>>8 |   |   | *R|   | *R| *B| *K|   |
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  00:00:00      00:00:00
>>7 |   | *p|   |   |   | *p| *p|   |
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>6 | *p|   |   |   | *p| B |   |   |  Time          infinite
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Hash          60 Mb
>>5 |   |   |   | *p| p |   |   | Q |  Engine        Rebel Century
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Personality   Rebel Century
>>4 | p |   |   | *N|   |   |   |   |  anti-GM       Off
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  System Tiger  Off
>>3 |   |   |   |   |   |   | R | p |  Combination   Off
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Style         Normal
>>2 |   | p |   |   |   | p | p |   |  Strength      Strongest
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+  Search        Normal Search
>>1 |   |   |   |   |   |   | K |   |
>>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
>>
>>2r1rbk1/1p3pp1/p3pB2/3pP2Q/P2n4/6RP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - -
>>
>>00:00:00  1.00  -0.43   1.Bxg7 Bxg7
>>00:00:00  1.06  1.67   1.Rd3 gxf6 2.Rxd4
>>00:00:00  1.08  1.86   1.a5
>>00:00:00  1.11  2.08   1.b4
>>00:00:00  2.00  1.68   1.b4 Rc2 2.Rg4 Rc4 3.Rg3 Rxb4
>>00:00:00  2.05  1.71   1.b3 Rc1+ 2.Kh2
>>00:00:00  3.00  1.16   1.b3 Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Nf5 3.Rg4
>>00:00:00  3.01  1.19   1.b4 Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Rec8 3.f4
>>00:00:00  3.02  1.41   1.f4 Rc2 2.Kh2 Rxb2
>>00:00:00  3.04  1.42   1.Kh2 Nf5 2.Rg4 Rc2 3.Kg1 Rxb2
>>00:00:00  3.09  1.64   1.Rg4 Rc4 2.Rg3 Rxa4
>>00:00:00  4.00  1.54   1.Rg4 Nb3 2.g3 Rc2 3.f3 Rxb2
>>00:00:01  5.00  1.42   1.Rg4 Nf5 2.Kh2 Rc2 3.Kg1 Rxb2
>>00:00:02  6.00  1.16   1.Rg4 Nf5 2.b3 Rc1+ 3.Kh2 Rec8 4.b4
>>00:00:05  7.00  1.09   1.Rg4 Nf5 2.b4 Be7 3.b5 Bxf6 4.exf6
>>                       g6 5.bxa6  (3)
>>
>>00:00:08  7.12  1.14   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Rxc8 Rxc8 3.Bg5 g6
>>00:00:10  8.00  1.09   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Bg5 Bb4 3.Rxc8 Rxc8
>>                       4.Qd1 Rc4 5.Qd3  (9)
>>
>>00:00:22  9.00  1.05   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Bg5 Bb4 3.Rxc8 Rxc8
>>                       4.Qd1 a5 5.Qb3 Nd4 6.Qd3  (18)
>>
>>00:00:57 10.00  1.11   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Bg5 Bb4 3.Rxc8 Rxc8
>>                       4.Qd1 Rc4 5.Kh2 Be7  (33)
>>
>>00:02:07 11.00  1.08   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Bg5 Bb4 3.Rxc8 Rxc8
>>00:06:34 12.00  1.11   1.Rc3 Nf5 2.Bg5 Bb4 3.Rxc8 Rxc8
>>                       4.Qd1  (196)
>>
>>
>>Positions                :      99.105.320
>>Nodes per second         :         131.091
>>
>>Extensions (checks)      :       4.276.716 (4%)
>>Extensions (captures)    :         952.553 (0%)
>>Extensions (king safety) :         354.070 (0%)
>>Extensions (on depth)    :       3.858.925 (3%)
>>Extensions (remaining)   :         403.564 (0%)
>>Extensions (total)       :       9.845.828 (9%)
>>
>>Hash Table               : 1.542.248  1.193.742  (99%)
>>Average depth            : 13
>>Deepest depth            : 41
>It's an interesting position.
>Crafty likes Rxg7+ with an advantage of about one pawn.  Here is Crafty's
>analysis:
>2r1rbk1/1p3pp1/p3pB2/3pP2Q/P2n4/6RP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - acd 15; acn 116978391; acs
>802; ce 94; pv Rxg7+ Bxg7 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qg4+ Kf8 Qxd4 Rc4 Qb6 Re7 Qd8+ Re8 Qd6+ Re7
>b3 Rc3 Qd8+;
>
>However, I don't think that I understand your question.
>
>Rebel settles on Rc3 with an advantage of about one pawn in about 8 seconds and
>sticks with it.  It seems that both programs see a move that is hardly
>dominating (and with approximately the same advantage) and stay with it from
>there forward.
>
>Do you feel that there is some dominating move that the programs seem to miss?
>If so, what is it?   I think I would have traded the bishop and the rook for the
>bishop, the pawn and the knight because the sequence is fairly obvious and it
>leaves black's king standing naked.  That's just because Rebel's sequence was
>way to clever for me, besides which, I get nervous when lots of my pieces are
>under fire at the same time.
>
>I have verified that there are no sure checkmates within 9 full moves.

You didn't understand my point due to my terrible English. The position that I
placed perhaps are the best for black, starting of the initial position of Côme.
My point is that after 14 plies
(position: 2r1rbk1/1p3pp1/p3pB2/3pP2Q/P2n4/6RP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - -) ,
programs still make a low evaluation for the inicial move Bxh7, what takes me to
believe that Bxh7, although were a good move, it is not played by the programs
in view of the depth of the position. Therefore, I wrote that
programs can't see a good evaluation for Bxh7 even at depth 20.
I hope you can understand!



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