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Subject: Re: Howard's endgame test suite.

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 00:07:26 02/29/00

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On February 28, 2000 at 18:03:47, Howard Exner wrote:

>On February 28, 2000 at 09:15:21, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>>Here are my results for Howards interestig test.
>>
>>Results for Howard Exner's PassedPawnSuite
>>Date: 02.25.2000
>>Hardware: 2xP3-450
>>Program: Crafty 17.8
>>Extensions: onerep=0.35 incheck=0.5 recapture=0.5
>>            pushpp=0.75 threat=0.5  singular=0.5
>>Endgame table bases: 5 man
>>Hash tables:  Hash=24Mb Pawn=8Mb Cache=8Mb
>>
>>No.   Best move      Solution time  Different move
>>                           sec      move depth time score
>> 1.   Qg6                  6.3
>> 2.   Qd5                  1.0
>> 3.   Bxe5                37.3
>> 4.   Bxg6             >3600        cxb5   18  3213  3.01
>> 5.   Rxc6                 3.2
>> 6.   f6                   8.3
>> 7.   Rh1                 11.3
>> 8.   e5                   1.0
>> 9.   Rxf7 Qxf7           16.7
>>10.   b5                 538
>>11.   Rxa6             >3600        Qe7    16  1204  0.50
>>12.   b2                >600        Kd6    18   597  0.00
>>13.   Nxa7                31.2
>>14.   Rxf6             >3600        Rfe1   16  2829  0.21
>>15.   cxb6                 1.0
>>16.   Bxb3                 5.6
>>17.   Nd4                170
>>18.   Be6                  8.6
>>19.   Rxf6              >600        Qd4    16   329  1.23
>>20.   Qc2                  1.0
>>21.   Kd4                  0.0
>
>I've always liked this Kd4 problem. Tablebase programs like Crafty will
>make short work of this one but I think non tablebase programs will have trouble
>with this one.
>
>[D]8/Bpk5/8/P2K4/8/8/8/8 w - -
>
>>22.   Kh7                 23.9
>>23.   Qg3                 86
>>24.   d6                   0.0
>>
>>Solved within  5 sec:  7
>>Solved within 10 sec: 11
>>Solved within 30 sec: 14
>>Solved within  1 min: 16
>>Solved within  2 min: 17
>>Solved within  5 min: 18
>>Solved within 10 min: 19
>>Solved within 60 min: 19
>>
>>Kind regards
>>Bernhard
>
>Crafty has some quick solutions, to some difficult positions. Qg6 in #1,
>converting to a won ending, will give many strong programs a tough time.
>Crafty has some smart code that recognizes pawn majorities. In this Qg6 case,
>as previously discussed a few months ago, no other program came forward with Qg6
>as the first choice.

Here are Crafty's results with the original extensions.

Results for Howard Exner's PassedPawnSuite
Date: 02.29.2000
Hardware: 2xP3-450
Program: Crafty 17.8
Extensions: onerep=0.75 incheck=1   recapture=0.75
            pushpp=1.   threat=0.75 singular=0.75
Endgame table bases: 5 man
Hash tables:  Hash=48Mb Pawn=16Mb Cache=8Mb

No.   Best move      Solution time  Different move
                           sec      move depth time score
 1.   Qg6                  2.8
 2.   Qd5                  0.1
 3.   Bxe5                 8.3
 4.   Bxg6             >7200        cxb5   18  6524  3.22
 5.   Rxc6                 5.0
 6.   f6                  18.8
 7.   Rh1 (Qh4, Bxe3)     11.3      Bxe3   13  4053 >4.45
 8.   e5                   0.6
 9.   Rxf7 Qxf7            4.4
10.   b5                  26.9
11.   Rxa6             >7200        Qe7    16  5048  0.39
12.   b2               >7200        Kd6    19  5302  0.00
13.   Nxa7                35.3
14.   Rxf6             >7200        Rfe1   15  4681  0.06
15.   cxb6                 0.0
16.   Bxb3                 5.3
17.   Nd4                  0.0
18.   Be6                106
19.   Rxf6              4542
20.   Qc2                  1.1
21.   Kd4                  0.0
22.   Kh7                604
23.   Qg3                 95
24.   d6                   1.3

Solved within  5 sec: 10
Solved within 10 sec: 12
Solved within 30 sec: 15
Solved within  1 min: 16
Solved within  2 min: 18
Solved within  5 min: 18
Solved within 10 min: 18
Solved within 60 min: 19

Would you please have a look at position 7?
Crafty thinks that not only 1. Rh1 is winning, but also 1. Qh4 and even
1. Bxe3.

Kind regards
Bernhard



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