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Subject: Re: Stupid chess programs!!! And that goes for most of them!

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:24:26 12/15/99

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On crafty with a slow machine with a bunch of other stuff running, a5 gets
picked in about 4 minutes.  On a PIII 500 or better, the move will be found
withing tournament time controls at 40/2.  Probably within a minute on Bob's
machine, I would guess.

EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
unable to open book file [e:/crafty/release/book.bin].
book is disabled
unable to open book file [e:/crafty/release/books.bin].
search time set to 900.00.
using cpu time
Crafty 17.4 vs ferret
pondering enabled.
EGTB cache memory = 16M bytes.
hash table memory = 48M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 8M bytes.
play best book line after search.
EGTB access enabled
using tbpath=e:/crafty/release/tb,F:/KBP
4 piece tablebase files found
1302kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables
PFGA: EPD record: 1
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 15:00 (15:00) [easy move]
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
White(1): exit

                8     0.81 -10.22   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2
                8->   0.82 -10.22   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2
                9     1.80 -10.27   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Re7
                9->   1.82 -10.27   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Re7
               10     3.41 -10.25   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Re7 6. Ke3
               10->   3.46 -10.25   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Re7 6. Ke3
               11     5.07 -10.25   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Ra7 6. Ke3 Re7
               11->   5.25 -10.25   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. a5 Bc6 3. Kb2 Ke7
                                    4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Ra7 6. Ke3 Re7
               12     6.69     --   1. exf6+
               12    18.85 -13.41   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. axb5 axb5 3. Kb2 Ra7
                                    4. Kb1 Ra3 5. Kb2 Rb3+ 6. Kc2 Bc6 7.
                                    Kd1 Rxc3 8. Ke2
               12->  19.45 -13.41   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. axb5 axb5 3. Kb2 Ra7
                                    4. Kb1 Ra3 5. Kb2 Rb3+ 6. Kc2 Bc6 7.
                                    Kd1 Rxc3 8. Ke2
               13    49.18 -13.40   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. axb5 axb5 3. Kb2 Ra7
                                    4. Kb1 Ra3 5. Kb2 Rb3+ 6. Kc2 Bg6 7.
                                    Kd2 Ra3 8. Ke3 Rxc3+ 9. Ke2
               13->  50.75 -13.40   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. axb5 axb5 3. Kb2 Ra7
                                    4. Kb1 Ra3 5. Kb2 Rb3+ 6. Kc2 Bg6 7.
                                    Kd2 Ra3 8. Ke3 Rxc3+ 9. Ke2
               14     1:09     --   1. exf6+
               14     2:21 -15.74   1. exf6+ Kxf6 2. axb5 Bxb5 3. Kb2 a5
                                    4. bxa5 Ba6+ 5. Kc2 Rb3 6. Kd2 Rb2+
                                    7. Ke3 e5 8. dxe5+ Ke6 9. Kd4 Rxh2
                                    10. Kc5
               14     3:52     ++   1. a5!!
               14     4:25 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6
               14->   4:25 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6
               15     5:33 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6 8. Ke2
               15->   5:47 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6 8. Ke2
               16     8:36 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6 8. Ke2 Rd8
               16->   9:05 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bg6 8. Ke2 Rd8
               17    14:46 -14.32   1. a5 Rff7 2. Ka1 Kf8 3. Kb2 Rbc7 4.
                                    Kc2 Rc6 5. Kc1 Rd7 6. Kd1 Ke7 7. Kd2
                                    Bf7 8. Ke2 Bg6 9. Kd2
              time=15:00  cpu=99%  mat=-13  n=189098870  fh=98%  nps=210018
              ext-> checks=5007655 recaps=341148 pawns=2369294 1rep=401208 thrt:
2118
              predicted=0  nodes=189098870  evals=6675548
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0

Crafty is one of the smarter programs about pawns, I think.  I used to try to
form pawn blockades, but crafty has become positivly *diabolical* in its ability
to prevent me from doing this.  Try it yourself.



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