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Subject: Re: Crafty bench and position #1 (long post) 1:06m != 17.69s

Author: Shep

Date: 07:51:16 01/21/00

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On January 21, 2000 at 10:11:08, Michel Langeveld wrote:


>I didn't meant the difference between position #1 and one of the other bench
>positions, but more the difference between the time of position #1 with Crafty
>17.05 and Crafty 17.04.
>
end-game phase
>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 15:00 (15:00)
>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                7     1.15   0.32   g5 b5 e5 Rd5 gxh6 gxh6 axb5 cxb5 Rc7
>                7     1.37   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>                7->   1.37   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>                8     1.48   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4 Rd3
>                8->   1.53   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4 Rd3
>                9     2.47   0.55   e5 R6d7 Kf3 Ke8 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>                9->   2.63   0.55   e5 R6d7 Kf3 Ke8 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>               10     4.61   0.51   e5 Rd5 f5 b5 f6 gxf6 exf6 Ng8 Nxa5
>                                    b4 Rc5 Nxf6 Nxc6 Nxg4+
>               10->   4.99   0.51   e5 Rd5 f5 b5 f6 gxf6 exf6 Ng8 Nxa5
>                                    b4 Rc5 Nxf6 Nxc6 Nxg4+
>               11     7.19   0.32   e5 Rd5 f5 b5 f6 gxf6 exf6 Ng8 Nxa5
>                                    Nxf6 Kf3 R8d6 Nxc6 bxa4
>               11    55.80   0.36   g5 Re6 Kf3 f6 gxf6 gxf6 R3c2 Kf7 Rg2
>                                    f5 e5 Nd5
>               11     1:05   0.53   Kf3 R6d7 e5 Re8 f5 Ra7 Ke4 b5 axb5
>                                    cxb5 Rc7 Rxc7 Rxc7
>               11->   1:05   0.53   Kf3 R6d7 e5 Re8 f5 Ra7 Ke4 b5 axb5
>                                    cxb5 Rc7 Rxc7 Rxc7
>              time=1:06  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=15368579  fh=89%  nps=232048
>              ext-> checks=239500 recaps=62994 pawns=25086 1rep=11753 thrt:362
>              predicted=0  nodes=15368579  evals=7287490
>              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
>              hashing-> trans/ref=33%  pawn=98%  used=61%
>

>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Log file for crafty 17.04:
>------------------------------------------------------------------------

>end-game phase
>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 15:00 (15:00)
>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                7     0.71   0.35   Kf3 Ke8 g5 b5 Nxa5 bxa4 Nxc6 Nxc6 Rxc6
>                                    Rxc6 Rxc6 Rxd4 gxh6
>                7     0.82   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>                7->   0.88   0.54   e5 Rd5 f5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4
>                8     1.10   0.29   e5 Rd5 f5 b5 f6 bxa4 fxe7+ Kxe7 Nc5
>                                    Rxd4
>                8     1.65   0.34   Kf3 Ke8 g5 hxg5 fxg5 b5 e5 Rd5 Ra1
>                                    bxa4 Rxa4
>                8->   2.86   0.34   Kf3 Ke8 g5 hxg5 fxg5 b5 e5 Rd5 Ra1
>                                    bxa4 Rxa4
>                9     4.34   0.42   Kf3 Re8 e5 Rd5 Ke4 Red8 g5 Ke8 Rc4
>                9->   4.83   0.42   Kf3 Re8 e5 Rd5 Ke4 Red8 g5 Ke8 Rc4
>               10     6.92   0.45   Kf3 Re8 e5 Rd5 Ke4 Red8 g5 hxg5 fxg5
>                                    b5 Ra1 bxa4 Rxa4
>               10->   9.12   0.45   Kf3 Re8 e5 Rd5 Ke4 Red8 g5 hxg5 fxg5
>                                    b5 Ra1 bxa4 Rxa4
>               11    16.42   0.46   Kf3 Ke8 e5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4 Rxc4
>                                    Rxc4 b5 Rc5 bxa4 Rxa5
>               11->  17.36   0.46   Kf3 Ke8 e5 Rxd4 Nxd4 Rxd4 Rc4 Rxc4
>                                    Rxc4 b5 Rc5 bxa4 Rxa5
>              time=17.69  cpu=98%  mat=0  n=4142082  fh=90%  nps=234280
>              ext-> checks=57083 recaps=17555 pawns=6213 1rep=1408 thrt:214
>              predicted=0  nodes=4142082  evals=1383571
>              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
>              hashing-> trans/ref=36%  pawn=97%  used=22%

Comparing these two, you can see that in the former case (17.5), Crafty chose a
new move at ply 11; probably switching from e5 to g5 fired up some extensions
(doesn't look like a fail high/low, though) which prolonged the search at that
ply.

---
Shep



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