Another Sting triumph

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Another Sting triumph

Post by Dann Corbit »

Try it with Stockfish. I am of the impression that SF would never solve this problem, that Sting solves in 2 seconds.

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infinite: 0 ponder: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0
 1   -4.00   00:02      14  Ke4
 2   -3.84   00:02      42  Ke4 h5
 3   -2.91   00:02      78  Ke4 h5 a6
 4   +0.00   00:02     123  Ke4 h5 h4
 5   +0.00   00:02     167  Ke4 h5 h4
 6   +0.00   00:02     569  a6 h5 a7 h4 Ke5 h3 a8=Q
 7   +0.00   00:02     804  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=Q h3 Ke5
 8   +0.00   00:02    1387  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=Q h3 Ke5
 9   +2.99   00:02    2277  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=Q b3
10   +0.00   00:02    9109  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=Q b3 a6
11   +0.00   00:02   15035  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N
12   +0.00   00:02   22311  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
13   +0.00   00:02   41959  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
14   +0.00   00:02   68327  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
15   +0.00   00:02  106305  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
16   +0.00   00:02  146194  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
17   +0.00   00:02  170394  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=Q d4 Kg4
18   +0.00   00:02  257217  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=Q d4 Kg4
19   +0.00   00:02  327970  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N
20   +0.00   00:02  375844  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
21   +0.00   00:02  507873  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6
22   +0.00   00:02  839599  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
23   +0.00   00:02   1290K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
24     #20   00:02   1622K  a6
25     #20   00:02   3623K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2
26     #20   00:06  56362K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+
27     #20   00:09  93175K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
28     #20   00:16 201339K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
29     #20   00:25 327110K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
30     #20   00:35 463438K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
31     #20   01:01 828221K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
32     #20   02:25   1951M  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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Testing it out right now with Stockfish at 100 contempt.
No tablebase.
It's at a billion nodes right now and still not finding it.
1.5 billion, still nil.

Maybe ironically, but it does suggest a5-a6 at depth 1/1...
Edit2: Still hasn't found it after 3 billion nodes.
Edit3: 6.1 billion nodes later and it still can't see it.
Edit4: 10.1 billion nodes, still nothing.
Last edited by henk2 on Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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11258-48x5-se on lc0 1cpu (no gpu), finds the first move in less than a second. :-)
Last edited by dkappe on Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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dkappe wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:42 pm 11258-48x5-se on lc0 1cpu (no gpu), finds it in less than a second.
Does it show a mate in 20 score, or a draw?
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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Dann Corbit wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:47 pm
dkappe wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:42 pm 11258-48x5-se on lc0 1cpu (no gpu), finds it in less than a second.
Does it show a mate in 20 score, or a draw?
Draw so far.
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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dkappe wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:48 pm
Dann Corbit wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:47 pm
dkappe wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:42 pm 11258-48x5-se on lc0 1cpu (no gpu), finds it in less than a second.
Does it show a mate in 20 score, or a draw?
Draw so far.
Both of these plans are draws:

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Kg4 h5+ Kxh5 
a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=Q h3 Qb7
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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Dann Corbit wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:05 pm Try it with Stockfish. I am of the impression that SF would never solve this problem, that Sting solves in 2 seconds.

Searching: [d]8/2p1p1p1/2P1P1Pp/P4K2/P7/p2p4/rppP3P/qkn4R w - -

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infinite: 0 ponder: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0
 1   -4.00   00:02      14  Ke4
 2   -3.84   00:02      42  Ke4 h5
 3   -2.91   00:02      78  Ke4 h5 a6
 4   +0.00   00:02     123  Ke4 h5 h4
 5   +0.00   00:02     167  Ke4 h5 h4
 6   +0.00   00:02     569  a6 h5 a7 h4 Ke5 h3 a8=Q
 7   +0.00   00:02     804  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=Q h3 Ke5
 8   +0.00   00:02    1387  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=Q h3 Ke5
 9   +2.99   00:02    2277  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=Q b3
10   +0.00   00:02    9109  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=Q b3 a6
11   +0.00   00:02   15035  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N
12   +0.00   00:02   22311  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
13   +0.00   00:02   41959  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
14   +0.00   00:02   68327  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
15   +0.00   00:02  106305  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
16   +0.00   00:02  146194  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 Ke4 b5 a5 b4 a6 b3 a7
17   +0.00   00:02  170394  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=Q d4 Kg4
18   +0.00   00:02  257217  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=Q d4 Kg4
19   +0.00   00:02  327970  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N
20   +0.00   00:02  375844  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
21   +0.00   00:02  507873  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6
22   +0.00   00:02  839599  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
23   +0.00   00:02   1290K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke4 f5+ Kd5 f4 Kxd4 f3 a6 f2 a7 f1=B Rxf1
24     #20   00:02   1622K  a6
25     #20   00:02   3623K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2
26     #20   00:06  56362K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+
27     #20   00:09  93175K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
28     #20   00:16 201339K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
29     #20   00:25 327110K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
30     #20   00:35 463438K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
31     #20   01:01 828221K  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
32     #20   02:25   1951M  a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=B Bxf1 d3 a6 Ne2 Bxe2+ c1=N Bxd3#
With McCain X2 ( software available on git hub, no exe's were released) , set tactical to 2, check Brute Force and No Null Moves box, announces mate in 20 in 8 seconds, not as fast as Sting, but respectable. ymmv

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	white viewpoint		fewer / Multi-PV setting = 1 / more
exclude: none best +tail                                          
dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 18	  #20 	3.83G	1:20.49	a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 Bh7 f2 Bxd3 f1=N Bxf1 d3 Ke5 
 17	  #20 	2.88G	1:00.20	a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 g8=B f3 
 16	  #20 	502.3M	0:09.87	a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 f5 g7 f4 
 15	  #20 	433.6M	0:08.47	a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 Nf6 gxf6 Ke6 
 14	  #20 	413.4M	0:08.07	a6 h5 a7 h4 a8=N h3 Nb6 cxb6 c7 b5 a5 b4 c8=N b3 Nd6 exd6 e7 d5 e8=N d4 
 13	  0.00 	147.4M	0:02.95	h3 h5 h4 
 12	  0.00 	44.3M  	0:00.90	h3 h5 h4 
 11	  0.00 	18.1M  	0:00.37	h3 h5 h4 
 10	  0.00 	6.01M  	0:00.12	h3 h5 h4 
  9	  0.00 	2.10M  	0:00.04	h3 h5 h4 
  8	  0.00 	323234	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  7	  0.00 	315968	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  6	  0.00 	312167	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  5	  0.00 	308567	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  4	  0.00 	304908	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  3	  0.00 	299607	0:00.01	h3 h5 h4 
  2	  0.00 	6471    	0:00.00	h3 h5 
  1	  0.00 	2495    	0:00.00	h3 
  1	Found 1511 tablebases 
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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SF is not designed to solve mates, but Matefinder is:

Analysis by Stockfish MateFinder 9 64 BMI2:

1.a6 h5 2.a7 h4 3.a8N h3 4.Nb6 cxb6 5.c7 b5 6.a5 b4 7.c8N b3 8.Nd6 exd6 9.e7 d5 10.e8N d4 11.Nf6 gxf6 12.Ke6 f5 13.g7 f4 14.g8B f3 15.Bh7 f2 16.Bxd3 f1Q 17.Bxf1 d3 18.Kf6 Ne2 19.Bxe2+ c1Q 20.Bxd3#
+- (#20) Depth: 27/40 00:00:01 17578kN

Default parameters :D .
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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Where can one find the source repo for sting?
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Re: Another Sting triumph

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dkappe wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:10 am Where can one find the source repo for sting?
I believe this is the latest:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9mftio8fp ... 4.zip/file

I just checked and the link is still active.
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