Crystal, the new tactical monster

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Crystal, the new tactical monster

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From http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=33055
this is the results for various engines on the ACT test.

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236 out of 287 = 82.2%  Crystal 260819      
207 out of 287 = 72.1%  Sting 14            
206 out of 287 = 71.7%  Sting 15            
205 out of 287 = 71.4%  Houdini 1.5a        
202 out of 287 = 70.3%  Stockfish 10        
200 out of 287 = 69.6%  Critter 1.6a        
198 out of 287 = 68.9%  ShashChess 8.0      
196 out of 287 = 68.2%  CorChess 3.1 160519 
193 out of 287 = 67.2%  asmFishW_2019-04-05 
190 out of 287 = 66.2%  asmFishW_2019-05-19 
167 out of 287 = 58.1%  IvanHoe 9.46b       
166 out of 287 = 57.8%  McCain X4           
159 out of 287 = 55.4%  Komodo 10           
157 out of 287 = 54.7%  spark-1.0           
153 out of 287 = 53.3%  Deep Rybka 4        
152 out of 287 = 52.9%  Naum 4.6            
150 out of 287 = 52.2%  Rybka 3 Dynamic     
147 out of 287 = 51.2%  Booot 6.3.1         
143 out of 287 = 49.8%  Gull 3              
124 out of 287 = 43.2%  Spike 1.4           
113 out of 287 = 39.3%  Equinox 3.30        
109 out of 287 = 37.9%  Wasp 3.60           
109 out of 287 = 37.9%  Nemorino 5.00       
108 out of 287 = 37.6%  Fire 7.1            
 96 out of 287 = 33.4%   Andscacs 0.95      
 88 out of 287 = 30.6%   Xiphos 0.5.3       
 87 out of 287 = 30.3%   Protector 1.9.0    
 83 out of 287 = 28.9%   Texel 1.08a11      
 82 out of 287 = 28.5%   Laser 1.7          
 76 out of 287 = 26.4%   Nirvanachess 2.4   
 70 out of 287 = 24.3%   Rodent III 0.273   
 68 out of 287 = 23.6%   Senpai 2.0         
 68 out of 287 = 23.6%   RofChade 2.1       
 62 out of 287 = 21.6%   Pedone 1.9         
 59 out of 287 = 20.5%   iCE 3.0 v658       
 45 out of 287 = 15.6%   Arasan 21.3        
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

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:) I had a feeling it might do well. I've had a couple of insights recently which have allowed for meaningful progress. The LMR stuff hasn't made it in yet, but I now feel like after many years I finally truly understand the search and LMR, or rather how to correctly approach the problems it presents. I don't know how long it will take to translate that into code which is meaningfully better, but I am more hopeful about making significant progress than I have been in a very long time.
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

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jhellis3 wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:23 pm :) I had a feeling it might do well. I've had a couple of insights recently which have allowed for meaningful progress. The LMR stuff hasn't made it in yet, but I now feel like after many years I finally truly understand the search and LMR, or rather how to correctly approach the problems it presents. I don't know how long it will take to translate that into code which is meaningfully better, but I am more hopeful about making significant progress than I have been in a very long time.
This sounds very promising. Because Stockfish has evolved under Fishtest time controls, my guess is that it reduces/prunes a lot more than is beneficial for genuine long time controls and high-end hardware. Nice to know that someone is really delving into this issue.
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

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jhellis3 wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:23 pm :) I had a feeling it might do well. I've had a couple of insights recently which have allowed for meaningful progress. The LMR stuff hasn't made it in yet, but I now feel like after many years I finally truly understand the search and LMR, or rather how to correctly approach the problems it presents. I don't know how long it will take to translate that into code which is meaningfully better, but I am more hopeful about making significant progress than I have been in a very long time.
+1 Excellent work Joe!
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

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Just noticed a strange behavior at a test position from this thread

[D]1r3rk1/3bbppp/1qn2P2/p2pP1P1/3P4/2PB1N2/6K1/qNBQ1R2 w - - bm Bxh7+;

With 128 MB hash and 1 thread on a mac.

without tbs: Crystal 1.1 finds Bxh7+ after fantastic 27" and stays with it

0.00: -10.43/3 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2
0.00: -10.57/4 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5
0.00: -10.50/5 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5 3.Qe2
0.00: -10.59/6 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Qa4 3.Qxa4 Bxa4
0.00: -10.68/7 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Rh1 Nf5 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3
0.00: -10.20/8 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3
0.00: -10.37/9 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qb5 6.Qe3
0.00: -10.39/10 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rbe8 5.Bd6 Qb2 6.Qe2 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4
0.00: -10.48/11 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Bd6 Nf5
0.00: -10.36/12 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.Bb3
0.00: -10.27/13 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Qe2 Bf5 5.Ba3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa2 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
0.00: -10.43/14 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Qe6 5.Kh2 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Rfe8 7.c4 Nf5 8.Bc5 dxc4
0.01: -10.54/15 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Ba3 Bf5 5.Qf3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qd7 7.Kh2 Rb7 8.Bd6 Qg4 9.Qg3 Qxg3+ 10.Kxg3 Qb2 11.Kg2
0.02: -10.65/16 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qe6 6.Kh2 Rfe8 7.Qg3 Nf5 8.Qf3 Kg7 9.Kg1 a4 10.Bc5
0.04: -9.84/17 1.Rh1 h6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.gxh6 Nf5 4.hxg7 Qg6+ 5.Kf1 Rfc8 6.Bg5 Qxg7 7.Rg1 Ba4 8.Qe1 Bb5 9.Bxb5 Rxb5
0.06: -9.62/18 1.Rh1
0.12: -8.84/18 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfe8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Nf5 6.h7+ Kh8 7.Bxf5 Qa2+ 8.Kg3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Re6 10.Nbd2 Qc2 11.Bf6+ Rxf6 12.Qxf6+ Qxf6 13.exf6
0.14: -9.07/19 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfc8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Qa2+ 6.Kg3 Nf5+ 7.Bxf5 gxf5 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.h7+ Kh8 10.Kf4 Rc6 11.Nbd2 Qc2 12.Bf6+ Rxf6 13.Qxf6+ Qxf6 14.exf6 Qxc3 15.Kg3 Rb2
0.24: -8.49/20 1.Qe1
0.27: -7.86/20 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 g6 4.Rh7 Bh3+ 5.Rxh3 Nxe5 6.fxe7 Rfe8 7.Qh1 f5 8.dxe5 Kf7 9.Rh7+ Ke6 10.Qh3 d4 11.Rg7 Kd7 12.Qd3 Qa2 13.Na3 Qc6+ 14.Kg1 Qxc3 15.e6+ Qxe6 16.Qxc3 dxc3
0.33: -5.26/21 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Rh4 d3 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Rxe5
0.34: -5.53/22 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Ba3 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nxe5 16.Rc5 a4 17.Rd5 Kh7
0.40: -5.94/23 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Nf5+ 12.Kf4 Nd4 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Na2 Ne6+ 16.Kg4 Bd7 17.Ba1 Rxb1 18.Nxb1 d4 19.Nc1 Rc8
0.47: -6.27/24 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Nf5+ 11.Kf4 Rec8 12.Rc1 Rxc1 13.Bxc1 Rb4+ 14.Kf3 Rh4 15.Kf2 Rh2+ 16.Kg1 Rh3 17.Kf2 Bc6 18.Nf3 d4 19.Nbd2 Kh7 20.Bb2 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Kg6 22.Bxd4 Rxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxd4+ 24.Ke4 Kxg5
1.29: 0.00/25 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.fxg7 Kxg7 6.Qh6+ Kg8 7.g6 Bh3+ 8.Kxh3 fxg6 9.Qxg6+ Kh8 10.Qh6+ Kg8
4.44: +5.82/26 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.g6 fxg6 6.Ng5 Qbb2+ 7.Bxb2 Qxb2+ 8.Kg3 Qf2+ 9.Kxf2 Rxf6+ 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd5+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Kh7 13.Qxd7 Nd8 14.Nxd8 Bh4+ 15.Ke2 Rxd8 16.Qh3 g5 17.Kd3 Rf8 18.Nd2 Rf4 19.Nc4 a4 20.d5
6.05: +6.27/27 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.g6 fxg6 6.Ng5 Qbb2+ 7.Bxb2 Qxb2+ 8.Kg3 Qf2+ 9.Kxf2 Rxf6+ 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd5+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Kh7 13.Qxd7 Rf8 14.Qxc6 Rxf7 15.Qh1+ Kg8 16.Ke3 a4 17.Qa8+ Kh7 18.Nd2 Bg5+ 19.Kd3 Bxd2 20.Kxd2 a3 21.Qxa3 g5 22.Qa8 Kg6 23.Qe4+ Kf6 24.Qe5+ Kg6 25.Qe6+ Rf6
6.30: +6.14/28 1.Bxh7+


with tbs: Crystal 1.1 finds Bxh7+ within the same time, but switches (after a long think) to Rh1.

0.00: -10.43/3 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2
0.00: -10.57/4 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5
0.00: -10.50/5 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5 3.Qe2
0.00: -10.59/6 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Qa4 3.Qxa4 Bxa4
0.00: -10.68/7 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Rh1 Nf5 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3
0.00: -10.20/8 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3
0.00: -10.37/9 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qb5 6.Qe3
0.00: -10.39/10 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rbe8 5.Bd6 Qb2 6.Qe2 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4
0.00: -10.48/11 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Bd6 Nf5
0.00: -10.36/12 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.Bb3
0.00: -10.27/13 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Qe2 Bf5 5.Ba3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa2 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
0.00: -10.43/14 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Qe6 5.Kh2 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Rfe8 7.c4 Nf5 8.Bc5 dxc4
0.01: -10.54/15 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Ba3 Bf5 5.Qf3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qd7 7.Kh2 Rb7 8.Bd6 Qg4 9.Qg3 Qxg3+ 10.Kxg3 Qb2 11.Kg2
0.02: -10.65/16 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qe6 6.Kh2 Rfe8 7.Qg3 Nf5 8.Qf3 Kg7 9.Kg1 a4 10.Bc5
0.04: -9.84/17 1.Rh1 h6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.gxh6 Nf5 4.hxg7 Qg6+ 5.Kf1 Rfc8 6.Bg5 Qxg7 7.Rg1 Ba4 8.Qe1 Bb5 9.Bxb5 Rxb5
0.06: -9.62/18 1.Rh1
0.12: -8.84/18 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfe8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Nf5 6.h7+ Kh8 7.Bxf5 Qa2+ 8.Kg3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Re6 10.Nbd2 Qc2 11.Bf6+ Rxf6 12.Qxf6+ Qxf6 13.exf6
0.14: -9.07/19 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfc8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Qa2+ 6.Kg3 Nf5+ 7.Bxf5 gxf5 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.h7+ Kh8 10.Kf4 Rc6 11.Nbd2 Qc2 12.Bf6+ Rxf6 13.Qxf6+ Qxf6 14.exf6 Qxc3 15.Kg3 Rb2
0.24: -8.49/20 1.Qe1
0.28: -7.86/20 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 g6 4.Rh7 Bh3+ 5.Rxh3 Nxe5 6.fxe7 Rfe8 7.Qh1 f5 8.dxe5 Kf7 9.Rh7+ Ke6 10.Qh3 d4 11.Rg7 Kd7 12.Qd3 Qa2 13.Na3 Qc6+ 14.Kg1 Qxc3 15.e6+ Qxe6 16.Qxc3 dxc3
0.33: -5.26/21 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Rh4 d3 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Rxe5
0.35: -5.53/22 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Ba3 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nxe5 16.Rc5 a4 17.Rd5 Kh7
0.41: -5.94/23 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Nf5+ 12.Kf4 Nd4 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Na2 Ne6+ 16.Kg4 Bd7 17.Ba1 Rxb1 18.Nxb1 d4 19.Nc1 Rc8
0.48: -6.27/24 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Nf5+ 11.Kf4 Rec8 12.Rc1 Rxc1 13.Bxc1 Rb4+ 14.Kf3 Rh4 15.Kf2 Rh2+ 16.Kg1 Rh3 17.Kf2 Bc6 18.Nf3 d4 19.Nbd2 Kh7 20.Bb2 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Kg6 22.Bxd4 Rxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxd4+ 24.Ke4 Kxg5
1.03: -5.99/25 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Nf3 Be4 13.e6 Rxe6 14.Nxe4 Rxc1 15.Bxc1 dxe4 16.Nd4 Rd6 17.Be3 a4 18.Nc2 Rd3 19.Kf2
1.03: -6.09/26 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7
12.44: -1.90/26 1.Rh1


Does it occur on other systems too :?: Also possible that my mac compile is broken.
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

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Max wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:02 pm Just noticed a strange behavior at a test position from this thread

[D]1r3rk1/3bbppp/1qn2P2/p2pP1P1/3P4/2PB1N2/6K1/qNBQ1R2 w - - bm Bxh7+;

With 128 MB hash and 1 thread on a mac.

without tbs: Crystal 1.1 finds Bxh7+ after fantastic 27" and stays with it

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0.00: -10.43/3 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2
0.00: -10.57/4 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5
0.00: -10.50/5 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5 3.Qe2
0.00: -10.59/6 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Qa4 3.Qxa4 Bxa4
0.00: -10.68/7 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Rh1 Nf5 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3
0.00: -10.20/8 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3
0.00: -10.37/9 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qb5 6.Qe3
0.00: -10.39/10 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rbe8 5.Bd6 Qb2 6.Qe2 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4
0.00: -10.48/11 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Bd6 Nf5
0.00: -10.36/12 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.Bb3
0.00: -10.27/13 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Qe2 Bf5 5.Ba3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa2 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
0.00: -10.43/14 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Qe6 5.Kh2 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Rfe8 7.c4 Nf5 8.Bc5 dxc4
0.01: -10.54/15 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Ba3 Bf5 5.Qf3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qd7 7.Kh2 Rb7 8.Bd6 Qg4 9.Qg3 Qxg3+ 10.Kxg3 Qb2 11.Kg2
0.02: -10.65/16 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qe6 6.Kh2 Rfe8 7.Qg3 Nf5 8.Qf3 Kg7 9.Kg1 a4 10.Bc5
0.04: -9.84/17 1.Rh1 h6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.gxh6 Nf5 4.hxg7 Qg6+ 5.Kf1 Rfc8 6.Bg5 Qxg7 7.Rg1 Ba4 8.Qe1 Bb5 9.Bxb5 Rxb5
0.06: -9.62/18 1.Rh1
0.12: -8.84/18 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfe8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Nf5 6.h7+ Kh8 7.Bxf5 Qa2+ 8.Kg3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Re6 10.Nbd2 Qc2 11.Bf6+ Rxf6 12.Qxf6+ Qxf6 13.exf6
0.14: -9.07/19 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfc8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Qa2+ 6.Kg3 Nf5+ 7.Bxf5 gxf5 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.h7+ Kh8 10.Kf4 Rc6 11.Nbd2 Qc2 12.Bf6+ Rxf6 13.Qxf6+ Qxf6 14.exf6 Qxc3 15.Kg3 Rb2
0.24: -8.49/20 1.Qe1
[b][color=#008000]0.27: -7.86/20 1.Bxh7+[/color][/b] Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 g6 4.Rh7 Bh3+ 5.Rxh3 Nxe5 6.fxe7 Rfe8 7.Qh1 f5 8.dxe5 Kf7 9.Rh7+ Ke6 10.Qh3 d4 11.Rg7 Kd7 12.Qd3 Qa2 13.Na3 Qc6+ 14.Kg1 Qxc3 15.e6+ Qxe6 16.Qxc3 dxc3
0.33: -5.26/21 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Rh4 d3 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Rxe5
0.34: -5.53/22 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Ba3 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nxe5 16.Rc5 a4 17.Rd5 Kh7
0.40: -5.94/23 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Nf5+ 12.Kf4 Nd4 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Na2 Ne6+ 16.Kg4 Bd7 17.Ba1 Rxb1 18.Nxb1 d4 19.Nc1 Rc8
0.47: -6.27/24 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Nf5+ 11.Kf4 Rec8 12.Rc1 Rxc1 13.Bxc1 Rb4+ 14.Kf3 Rh4 15.Kf2 Rh2+ 16.Kg1 Rh3 17.Kf2 Bc6 18.Nf3 d4 19.Nbd2 Kh7 20.Bb2 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Kg6 22.Bxd4 Rxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxd4+ 24.Ke4 Kxg5
[b][color=#0000FF]1.29: 0.00/25 1.Bxh7+[/color][/b] Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.fxg7 Kxg7 6.Qh6+ Kg8 7.g6 Bh3+ 8.Kxh3 fxg6 9.Qxg6+ Kh8 10.Qh6+ Kg8
[b]4.44: +5.82/26 1.Bxh7+[/b] Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.g6 fxg6 6.Ng5 Qbb2+ 7.Bxb2 Qxb2+ 8.Kg3 Qf2+ 9.Kxf2 Rxf6+ 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd5+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Kh7 13.Qxd7 Nd8 14.Nxd8 Bh4+ 15.Ke2 Rxd8 16.Qh3 g5 17.Kd3 Rf8 18.Nd2 Rf4 19.Nc4 a4 20.d5
6.05: +6.27/27 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.g6 fxg6 6.Ng5 Qbb2+ 7.Bxb2 Qxb2+ 8.Kg3 Qf2+ 9.Kxf2 Rxf6+ 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd5+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Kh7 13.Qxd7 Rf8 14.Qxc6 Rxf7 15.Qh1+ Kg8 16.Ke3 a4 17.Qa8+ Kh7 18.Nd2 Bg5+ 19.Kd3 Bxd2 20.Kxd2 a3 21.Qxa3 g5 22.Qa8 Kg6 23.Qe4+ Kf6 24.Qe5+ Kg6 25.Qe6+ Rf6
6.30: +6.14/28 1.Bxh7+


[u][b]with tbs[/b][/u]: Crystal 1.1 finds Bxh7+ within the same time, but switches (after a long think) to Rh1.

0.00: -10.43/3 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2
0.00: -10.57/4 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5
0.00: -10.50/5 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Nf5 3.Qe2
0.00: -10.59/6 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Bd2 Qa4 3.Qxa4 Bxa4
0.00: -10.68/7 1.fxe7 Nxe7 2.Rh1 Nf5 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3
0.00: -10.20/8 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3
0.00: -10.37/9 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qe2 Bb5 4.Bf4 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qb5 6.Qe3
0.00: -10.39/10 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rbe8 5.Bd6 Qb2 6.Qe2 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4
0.00: -10.48/11 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Bd6 Nf5
0.00: -10.36/12 1.Rh1 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Ba3 Qe6 4.Nfd2 Rfe8 5.Bc2 Rbd8 6.Qf3 Qg4+ 7.Qxg4 Bxg4 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.Bb3
0.00: -10.27/13 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Qe2 Bf5 5.Ba3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qa2 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
0.00: -10.43/14 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Qe6 5.Kh2 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Rfe8 7.c4 Nf5 8.Bc5 dxc4
0.01: -10.54/15 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Rf6 Qb7 4.Ba3 Bf5 5.Qf3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qd7 7.Kh2 Rb7 8.Bd6 Qg4 9.Qg3 Qxg3+ 10.Kxg3 Qb2 11.Kg2
0.02: -10.65/16 1.Nfd2 g6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.Qf3 Bf5 4.Ba3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Qe6 6.Kh2 Rfe8 7.Qg3 Nf5 8.Qf3 Kg7 9.Kg1 a4 10.Bc5
0.04: -9.84/17 1.Rh1 h6 2.fxe7 Nxe7 3.gxh6 Nf5 4.hxg7 Qg6+ 5.Kf1 Rfc8 6.Bg5 Qxg7 7.Rg1 Ba4 8.Qe1 Bb5 9.Bxb5 Rxb5
0.06: -9.62/18 1.Rh1
0.12: -8.84/18 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfe8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Nf5 6.h7+ Kh8 7.Bxf5 Qa2+ 8.Kg3 Bxf5 9.Bg5 Re6 10.Nbd2 Qc2 11.Bf6+ Rxf6 12.Qxf6+ Qxf6 13.exf6
0.14: -9.07/19 1.Qe1 g6 2.Qh4 Rfc8 3.fxe7 Nxe7 4.Rh1 h5 5.gxh6 Qa2+ 6.Kg3 Nf5+ 7.Bxf5 gxf5 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.h7+ Kh8 10.Kf4 Rc6 11.Nbd2 Qc2 12.Bf6+ Rxf6 13.Qxf6+ Qxf6 14.exf6 Qxc3 15.Kg3 Rb2
0.24: -8.49/20 1.Qe1
[b][color=#008000]0.28: -7.86/20 1.Bxh7+[/color][/b] Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 g6 4.Rh7 Bh3+ 5.Rxh3 Nxe5 6.fxe7 Rfe8 7.Qh1 f5 8.dxe5 Kf7 9.Rh7+ Ke6 10.Qh3 d4 11.Rg7 Kd7 12.Qd3 Qa2 13.Na3 Qc6+ 14.Kg1 Qxc3 15.e6+ Qxe6 16.Qxc3 dxc3
0.33: -5.26/21 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Rh4 d3 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Rxe5
0.35: -5.53/22 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Ba3 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nxe5 16.Rc5 a4 17.Rd5 Kh7
0.41: -5.94/23 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Nf5+ 12.Kf4 Nd4 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Na2 Ne6+ 16.Kg4 Bd7 17.Ba1 Rxb1 18.Nxb1 d4 19.Nc1 Rc8
0.48: -6.27/24 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Nf5+ 11.Kf4 Rec8 12.Rc1 Rxc1 13.Bxc1 Rb4+ 14.Kf3 Rh4 15.Kf2 Rh2+ 16.Kg1 Rh3 17.Kf2 Bc6 18.Nf3 d4 19.Nbd2 Kh7 20.Bb2 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Kg6 22.Bxd4 Rxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxd4+ 24.Ke4 Kxg5
1.03: -5.99/25 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nfd2 Qxd4 4.cxd4 Qxd4 5.Qh5 Qg4+ 6.Qxg4 Bxg4 7.fxe7 Nxe7 8.Ba3 Rfe8 9.Kg3 Bf5 10.Nc3 Rbc8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Nf3 Be4 13.e6 Rxe6 14.Nxe4 Rxc1 15.Bxc1 dxe4 16.Nd4 Rd6 17.Be3 a4 18.Nc2 Rd3 19.Kf2
[b]1.03: -6.09/26 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7[/b]
[b][color=#FF0000]12.44: -1.90/26 1.Rh1[/color][/b]
Does it occur on other systems too :?: Also possible that my mac compile is broken.
there is a difference here , in the first , the eval is hugely negative, then turns positive = correct behavior
in the second , the eval is still negative, it has not solved it. Rh1 is a good move , since it turns a huge negative into a near equal game, but Bxh7 wins outright

are you using some 7 man tbs? the current SF code with 7 man does not work too well if you have some TBS are on an HDD ,

here's some output with a modified crystal-honey using 7 man egtb , the code is modified to limit probes with the 7 man tbs, since some are on HDD
Crystal-Honey X5i (combines Crystal and Honey code)

Lc0 like 'scoring %' 93.98 represents 93.8% chance of winning , 50.0 represents a draw type position., 0 represents a lost game ( behind by two queens, 100 represent a won game, up by two queens) ( can be switched back to centiapawn evaluation in the UCI options)

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	mover viewpoint		fewer / Multi-PV setting = 1 / more
 31	+93.98 	4.41G	6:08.71	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 fxg6 Ng5 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rf8 Nd2 Kg8 Qxc6 Rxf7 Qe8+ Rf8 Qe6+ Kh8 Ke2 Ra8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qd7 Kh8 Qb7 Rf8 Qh1+ Kg8 Qc6 Bd8 Ne4 Kh8 Qd7 g5  
 30	+93.96 	1.30G	1:49.28	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 fxg6 Ng5 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Rxd8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh8 Nd2 Rf8 Ke2 g5 Ne4 g4 Qxg4 a4 Qf5 Kg8 Qa5 a3 Qxa3 g6 Qa4 Kg7 c4 Bh4 c5 Rf 
 29	+93.97 	1.02G	1:26.08	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 fxg6 Ng5 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Rxd8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh7 Nd2 Ra8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qd7 Bh4+ Ke2 Kf8 Qd6+ Be7 Qxg6 Re8 Ne4 a4 Qf5+ Kg8 Qd5+  
 28	+94.01 	931.6M	1:18.79	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 fxg6 Ng5 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Rxd8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh7 Nd2 Ra8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qd7 Bh4+ Ke2 Kf8 Qd6+ Be7 Qxg6 Bf6 Ne4 Re8 Kf3 Ke7 Qf5  
 28	+94.11!	928.0M	1:18.50	Bxh7+! 
 28	+93.90!	718.7M	1:00.83	Bxh7+! 
 27	+93.68 	508.0M	0:43.64	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 fxg6 Ng5 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rb2+ Ke3 Rxb1 Qxc6 Re1+ Kd3 Kg8 Nd6 Kh7 Qc8 a4 Nf7 g5 Qf5+ Kg8 Nxg5 Bxg5 Qxg5 Kf7 Qd5+ Ke7 Kd2 Ra1 Qg5+  
 26	+93.73 	440.2M	0:37.95	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 fxg6 Ng5 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Bxd8 Nd2 Bf6 Ne4 Kh8 Qh3+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh7 Ke2 Rb2+ Ke3 Rh2 Nxf6+ gxf6 Qe7+ Kh6 Qxf6 Rh5 Qh8+ Kg5 Q 
 26	+93.52!	390.9M	0:33.82	Bxh7+! 
 26	+93.29?	390.6M	0:33.79	Bxh7+ Kxh7? 
 25	+93.52 	334.4M	0:29.09	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 fxg6 Ng5 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Bh4+ Ke3 Rxb1 Qxc6 Rf1 Ne5 Rg1 Kd3 Bd8 Nf7 Bf6 Qa8 g5 Qe4+ g6 Nd6 Bg7 Qe3 Ra1 
 25	+93.44!	303.2M	0:26.33	Bxh7+! 
 25	+93.20!	225.3M	0:19.65	Bxh7+! 
 24	+92.96 	185.8M	0:16.23	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 fxg6 Ng5 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rb2+ Ke3 Rxb1 Qxc6 Rf1 Ke2 Rf4 Qh1+ Rh4 Qa8 g5 Qxa5 Kg6 Ne5+ Bxe5 Qxe5 Rf4 c4 Rf5 Qe4 Kf6 c5 Rf4 Qe5+ Kf 
 23	+92.94!	135.4M	0:11.99	Bxh7+! 
 23	+92.57!	125.6M	0:11.14	Bxh7+! 
 23	+92.30?	111.4M	0:09.89	Bxh7+ Kxh7? 
 22	+92.57 	106.3M	0:09.48	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 fxg6 Ng5 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Bh4+ Ke3 Bg5+ Kd3 Rxd8 Qb5 Bf4 Qxa5 Re8 Nd2 Re3+ Kc4 Re7 Nf3 Re8 Qd5 Rg8 Ng5+ Kh8 
 22	+92.31!	105.2M	0:09.38	Bxh7+! 
 22	+91.77?	105.2M	0:09.38	Bxh7+ Kxh7? 
 21	+92.05 	85.5M  	0:07.64	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 fxg6 Ng5 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Bh4+ Ke2 Rxd8 Qa4 Rd5 Nd2 Bg5 Nf3 Rf5 Nxg5+ Rxg5 c4 
 21	+91.77!	85.2M  	0:07.60	Bxh7+! 
 21	+91.11?	84.9M  	0:07.58	Bxh7+ Kxh7? 
 21	+91.99!	82.5M  	0:07.38	Bxh7+! 
 21	+91.70!	81.0M  	0:07.25	Bxh7+! 
 20	+91.41 	74.3M  	0:06.67	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 fxg6 Ng5 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rf8 Ke3 Ne7 Kd3 a4 Nd6 g5 Qxa4 Rd8 Ne4 Kg6 Qa5 Rf8 Nbd2 Rh8 Nc4 
 20	+91.78!	74.3M  	0:06.67	Bxh7+! 
 20	+91.49!	73.4M  	0:06.59	Bxh7+! 
 19	+91.19 	72.0M  	0:06.46	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 fxg6 Ng5 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rf8 Ke3 Ne7 Kd3 Nf5 Nd2 Ng3 Ne5 Nh5 Ne4 Nf4+ Ke3 Be7 Kd2 Bf6 
 19	+91.46!	71.6M  	0:06.43	Bxh7+! 
 19	+91.03!	71.0M  	0:06.37	Bxh7+! 
 19	+90.72!	70.9M  	0:06.37	Bxh7+! 
 18	+90.39 	68.1M  	0:06.12	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 fxg6 Ng5 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Nd8 Nxd8 Bh4+ Ke2 Rxd8 Qa4 Rd5 Nd2 Bg5 Nf3 Rf5 Nxg5+ Rxg5 Qd7 Rf5 Kd3 
 18	+90.87!	65.5M  	0:05.89	Bxh7+! 
 18	+89.68!	61.3M  	0:05.52	Bxh7+! 
 18	+88.70!	60.2M  	0:05.42	Bxh7+! 
 18	+87.92!	59.2M  	0:05.33	Bxh7+! 
 18	+87.33!	57.5M  	0:05.19	Bxh7+! 
 18	+86.91!	57.1M  	0:05.15	Bxh7+! 
 17	+86.47 	55.6M  	0:05.01	Bxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kxh8 Qh1+ Kg8 g6 fxg6 Ng5 Qbb2+ Bxb2 Qxb2+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kxf2 Rxf6+ exf6 Bxf6 Qxd5+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kh7 Qxd7 Rf8 Ke3 Ne7 Ne5 Nf5+ Kd3 Rd8 Qb5 Bg5 Qb7 
 17	+70.42!	51.7M  	0:04.66	Bxh7+! 
 17	+47.94!	51.6M  	0:04.65	Bxh7+! 
 17	+30.24!	51.4M  	0:04.64	Bxh7+! 
 17	+19.26!	40.9M  	0:03.65	Bxh7+! 
 17	+12.95!	39.7M  	0:03.54	Bxh7+! 
 17	+9.30!	38.7M  	0:03.45	Bxh7+! 
 17	+7.12!	38.2M  	0:03.40	Bxh7+! 
 17	+5.75!	37.5M  	0:03.34	Bxh7+! 
 17	+4.87!	36.9M  	0:03.29	Bxh7+! 
 17	+4.28!	36.4M  	0:03.25	Bxh7+! 
 17	+3.88!	35.9M  	0:03.20	Bxh7+! 
 17	+3.61!	35.5M  	0:03.17	Bxh7+! 
 17	+3.42!	34.9M  	0:03.11	Bxh7+! 
 17	+3.30!	34.6M  	0:03.08	Bxh7+! 
 16	+3.18 	28.0M  	0:02.52	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Qe1 Re8 Bg5 Qa1 h7+ Kh8 Kg2 Qab2+ Qd2 Ng7 Bf6 Qc7 Bc2 Bf5 Bxf5 gxf5 Ng5 
 15	+3.82 	21.2M  	0:01.91	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 h5 gxh6 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Kf4 Rc6 Nbd2 
 14	+3.21 	13.8M  	0:01.25	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 h7+ Kh8 Bxf5 Bxf5 Bg5 Rc6 Nbd2 Qxc3 Bf6+ Rxf6 Qxf6+ Qxf6 exf6 
 13	+2.17 	4.18M  	0:00.36	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Re8 Qf1 Nf5 Qf2 Rb6 Qf4 Rxf6 gxf6 a4 Bb4 Qb2 
 12	+2.20 	2.98M  	0:00.26	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Re8 Qf3 Nf5 Kg1 Qa2 Bc5 Re6 Qf4 a4 Bb4 Rxf6 gxf6 
 11	+2.14 	1.10M  	0:00.10	Rh1 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Nfd2 Rfe8 Bc2 a4 Bd3 Nf5 Qe2 Kg7 
 10	+2.21 	594453	0:00.05	Rh1 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 Qe6 Ba3 Rfe8 Kf2 Qg4 Qxg4 Bxg4 Bd6 Rb2 Rg1 
  9	+2.21 	322635	0:00.03	Rh1 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Nfd2 Bb5 Bxb5 Rxb5 Qf3 Rd8 Bxe7 Qxe7 
  8	+2.19 	182702	0:00.02	Rh1 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Nfd2 Bb5 Qe2 Bxd3 
  7	+2.33 	110466	0:00.01	Rh1 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qe2 Bf5 Be3 Bxd3 
  6	+2.05 	54245  	0:00.01	fxe7 Nxe7 Bd2 Bf5 Qe2 Bxd3 
  5	+2.05 	39401  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Bd2 Bf5 Qe2 Bxd3 
  4	+2.05 	24570  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Bd2 Nf5 
  3	+2.38 	18163  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Bd2 
  2	+2.29 	16025  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
  1	+2.29 	14739  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
  1	Found 1511 tablebases 
  0	# 
same position with Honey-X5i with same setup - Honey does not see the solution and gets stick on the drawing Rh1

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 42	+50.04 	5.18G	7:56.10	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 41	+49.96 	4.24G	6:28.62	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 40	+50.04 	3.82G	5:48.93	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 39	+49.96 	3.66G	5:34.15	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ Kg8 
 38	+50.04 	2.69G	4:03.09	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bc2+ Kg8 
 37	+49.96 	2.15G	3:13.32	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bc2+ Kg8 
 36	+50.04 	2.03G	3:01.25	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bd3+ 
 35	+50.04 	1.71G	2:31.69	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ Kg8 
 34	+50.04 	1.58G	2:19.29	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qxc1 Qxc1 Be4+ Kg8 Bh7+ 
 33	+50.04 	1.44G	2:06.62	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bg6+ Kg8 Bh7+ 
 32	+50.04 	1.44G	2:06.08	Rh1 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Rb2+ Nd2 Rxd2+ Qxd2 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ Kg8 
 31	+50.04 	1.08G	1:32.43	Rh1 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Rb2+ Kg3 Rg2+ Kxg2 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ Kg8 
 31	+37.59!	1.06G	1:31.11	Rh1! 
 31	+24.89!	1.05G	1:30.53	Rh1! 
 31	+17.13!	1.05G	1:30.38	Rh1! 
 31	+12.47!	1.05G	1:30.01	Rh1! 
 31	+9.62!	1.05G	1:29.85	Rh1! 
 31	+7.82!	1.05G	1:29.72	Rh1! 
 31	+6.64!	1.04G	1:29.61	Rh1! 
 31	+5.85!	1.04G	1:29.50	Rh1! 
 31	+5.31!	1.04G	1:29.06	Rh1! 
 31	+4.95!	1.03G	1:28.62	Rh1! 
 31	+4.70!	1.03G	1:28.07	Rh1! 
 31	+4.53!	1.01G	1:26.48	Rh1! 
 30	+4.37 	970.8M	1:23.22	Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 h6 fxg7 Kxg7 Rxh6 Rg8 Qh1 Bc5 Rh2 Bxd4 Rxa2 Rh8 Qf1 Nxe5 cxd4 Nxf3 Bf4 Qxd4 Bxb8 Rh3+ Qxh3 Bxh3 Kxf3 Qxd3+ Kf2 Qxb1 Be5+ Kg6 Ra3 Qf5+ Rf3 Qxe5 Rxh3 Qxg5 
 30	+5.18!	959.6M	1:22.25	Rh1! 
 30	+4.17!	953.8M	1:21.75	Rh1! 
 30	+3.52!	951.7M	1:21.57	Rh1! 
 30	+3.09!	951.6M	1:21.55	Rh1! 
 30	+2.80!	951.1M	1:21.51	Rh1! 
 30	+2.60!	950.2M	1:21.44	Rh1! 
 30	+2.46!	937.1M	1:20.31	Rh1! 
 30	+2.38?	763.6M	1:05.54	Rh1 h6? 
 29	+2.46 	726.1M	1:02.40	Rh1 h6 Qg1 Qa2+ Nbd2 Rfc8 gxh6 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 h7+ Kh8 Ng5 Rf8 Qe1 Nf5 Be2 f6 exf6 Ne3+ Kg1 Qxf6 Ndf3 Qf5 Nf7+ Rxf7 Bxe3 Rxh7 
 29	+3.81!	642.8M	0:55.24	Rh1! 
 29	+3.21!	558.5M	0:47.96	Rh1! 
 29	+2.82!	537.0M	0:46.08	Rh1! 
 29	+2.55!	525.0M	0:45.02	Rh1! 
 29	+2.35?	292.2M	0:25.04	Rh1 h6? 
 29	+2.63!	286.2M	0:24.51	Rh1! 
 29	+2.53!	272.0M	0:23.23	Rh1! 
 28	+2.44 	186.9M	0:15.90	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 Rb6 Kf2 f4 Bxf4 Qg4 Qxg4 Bxg4 Ng5 Be6 Rh6 Rb2 Nf3 Bf5 e6 Bxh7 e7 Re8 Bg5 Rc2 Rc6 Kg7 Kg3 Bf5 Bf6+ Kg8 
 28	+2.51?	168.9M	0:14.38	Qe1 g6? 
 28	+2.70?	161.3M	0:13.75	Qe1 g6? 
 28	+2.91!	152.1M	0:12.96	Qe1! 
 28	+2.80?	139.3M	0:11.83	Qe1 g6? 
 27	+2.91 	131.3M	0:11.14	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 Rb6 Qf4 Qg7 Kf2 Rg6 Rg1 Qxh7 Nh4 Rxc3 Nxg6+ fxg6 Rb1 Rd3 Rb8+ Kg7 Rd8 Qa4 Bf6+ Kf7 Nf3 Qc2+ Kg3 
 27	+2.90!	128.3M	0:10.88	Qe1! 
 27	+2.80?	117.4M	0:09.93	Qe1 g6? 
 26	+2.90 	112.8M	0:09.54	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 Bg5 Qg6 h7+ Kh8 Nbd2 Rb6 Kf2 f4 Rh2 Rxc3 Qxf4 Bf5 Rh1 Qc2 Bf6+ Rxf6 exf6 Qxf6 Kg1 Qg7+ Kf2 Bxh7 
 26	+3.47!	110.7M	0:09.36	Qe1! 
 26	+3.15!	109.1M	0:09.23	Qe1! 
 26	+2.93!	108.1M	0:09.15	Qe1! 
 26	+2.77!	106.9M	0:09.04	Qe1! 
 26	+2.67!	106.1M	0:08.97	Qe1! 
 25	+2.58 	91.2M  	0:07.70	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Bxf5 Bxf5 Kg3 f6 h7+ Kh8 exf6 Rf8 Ne5 Qxf6 Ndf3 Qxh4+ Nxh4 Qc2 Nxf5 Rxf5 Nxg6+ Kg7 Nf4 Rg5+ Kh4 Qxh7+ Kxg5 Qxh1 Be3 
 25	+2.76!	87.3M  	0:07.38	Qe1! 
 25	+2.61?	82.4M  	0:06.95	Qe1 g6? 
 25	+2.81!	79.0M  	0:06.65	Qe1! 
 24	+2.71 	76.1M  	0:06.38	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Qf2 Rdc8 c4 Qe6 Ng5 Qa6 Bxf5 Bxf5 h7+ Kg7 c5 f6 Ngf3 Qc2 Qe3 Qcd3 Qh6+ Kh8 Qf4 
 24	+2.79?	72.0M  	0:06.02	Qe1 g6? 
 24	+3.11!	70.1M  	0:05.85	Qe1! 
 24	+2.94?	56.6M  	0:04.63	Qe1 Rfd8? 
 24	+3.17!	55.2M  	0:04.50	Qe1! 
 23	+3.05 	46.7M  	0:03.71	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 h7+ Kh8 Qe1 Qa1 Kg2 Re8 Ng5 Be6 Nf3 Qa2+ Kg1 Qc6 Rh2 Qa1 Bg5 Ng7 Bf6 Rb2 Nfd2 Qa2 Qh4 
 22	+3.50 	29.8M  	0:01.89	Qe1 Rfc8 Qh4 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 Bxf5 Qxh7+ Kf8 e6 Bxe6 Qh8+ Ke7 Qf6+ Kd6 Bf4+ Kc6 Nbd2 Qd8 Qxd8 Rxd8 Bxb8 Rxb8 Ne5+ Kc7 
 21	+3.32 	26.9M  	0:01.71	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfe8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Bxf5 Qa2+ Kg3 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 
 20	+3.30 	23.3M  	0:01.48	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfe8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 h5 gxh6 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 Bg5 Qg6 h7+ Kh8 Nbd2 Re6 Kf2 Rb2 
 19	+2.83 	20.5M  	0:01.30	Qe1 Rfd8 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qh4 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Qf4 Qc6 Bxf5 Bxf5 h7+ Kg7 Kg3 Kh8 Qg5 Qc2 
 18	+1.87 	11.9M  	0:00.74	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Qe6 Kg3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Nf5+ Kf2 Rfe8 Rc1 h6 gxh6 Nxh6 Bd6 Rb7 Re1 Qf5+ Qxf5 Nxf5 
 17	+1.83 	11.1M  	0:00.68	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Qe2 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Rf4 Rfc8 Kg3 Nf5+ Kf2 Re8 Qc2 
 16	+1.94 	5.76M  	0:00.36	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qe6 Qg3 Qa2 Kg1 Rfe8 Qf3 Qc2 Re1 Qef5 Bxe7 Qxf3 Nxf3 Rxe7 
 15	+2.00 	4.46M  	0:00.28	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qe6 Rf4 Rfe8 Kh2 Nf5 Rf2 Qd7 Bc5 Kg7 
 14	+2.18 	1.56M  	0:00.10	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Bf5 Qf3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Rf3 Nf5 Bxf8 Nh4+ Kg3 Nxf3 Nxf3 
 13	+2.16 	1.01M  	0:00.07	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Qa2 Bd6 Rb2 Qe1 Bb5 Bxb5 Rxb5 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qd1 
 12	+2.30 	605236	0:00.04	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Bxe7 
 11	+2.31 	252458	0:00.02	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 Qe6 Qh5 h6 gxh6 gxh6 Ba3 
 10	+2.02 	114615	0:00.01	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 Bb5 Bxb5 Qxb5 Ba3 Qd7 Qe2 Qa2 Bd6 
  9	+2.08 	66650  	0:00.01	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Bd6 Qg4+ Kf2 Nf5 
  8	+1.92 	34359  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Bd6 Qg4+ Kf2 Nf5 Ba3 Rb6 
  7	+1.95 	21479  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Qd2 Nf5 Ba3 Qe6 Qe1 Rb3 
  6	+2.05 	12612  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Qd2 Nf5 Ba3 
  5	+1.85 	9397    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Nf5 Bxf5 Bxf5 
  4	+2.03 	5026    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 a4 
  3	+2.00 	4563    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ng1 
  2	+2.12 	3516    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
  1	+2.29 	2426    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

Post by zullil »

No tables:

info depth 20 seldepth 45 multipv 1 score cp 445 nodes 73962234 nps 20153197 hashfull 594 tbhits 0 time 3670 pv d3h7 g8h7 f1h1 h7g8 h1h8 g8h8 d1h1 h8g8 g5g6 b6b2 c1b2 f7g6 f3g5 a1b2 g2g3 b2f2 g3f2 f8f6 e5f6 e7f6 h1d5 g8h8 g5f7 h8h7 d5d7 b8b2 f2e3 c6d4

6-man tables:

info depth 19 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp -572 nodes 62228129 nps 20119020 hashfull 499 tbhits 13 time 3093 pv d3h7 g8h7 f1h1 h7g8 f3d2 b6d4 c3d4 a1d4 d1h5 d4g4 h5g4 d7g4 f6e7 c6e7 c1a3 f8e8 g2g3 g4d7 b1c3 b8c8 h1c1 e7f5 g3f4 f5d4 f4e3 d4c6 d2f3 d5d4 f3d4 c6e5 c3b1 e5c4 e3f2 c4a3 c1c8

info depth 20 seldepth 50 multipv 1 score cp -579 nodes 65823105 nps 20123236 hashfull 514 tbhits 38 time 3271 pv d3h7 g8h7 f1h1 h7g8 f3d2 b6d4 c3d4 a1d4 f6e7 c6e7 d1h5 d4g4 h5g4 d7g4 c1a3 f8e8 g2g3 g4d7 h1e1 d5d4 d2c4 b8b3 g3f2 b3h3 a3c5 e7f5 c4d6 f5d6 c5d6 d7c6 e1c1

info depth 21 seldepth 49 multipv 1 score cp -600 nodes 78653233 nps 20214143 hashfull 610 tbhits 69 time 3891 pv d3h7 g8h7 f1h1 h7g8 f3d2 b6d4 c3d4 a1d4 d1h5 d4g4 h5g4 d7g4 f6e7 c6e7 c1a3 f8e8 g2g3 g4d7 b1c3 b8c8 h1c1 e7f5 g3f4 f5d4 f4e3 d4c6 d2f3 d5d4 f3d4 c6e5 c3b1 e5c4 e3f4 c4a3 c1c8 e8c8 b1a3

info depth 22 seldepth 54 multipv 1 score cp 536 nodes 128821440 nps 20112637 hashfull 819 tbhits 1164 time 6405 pv d3h7 g8h7 f1h1 h7g8 h1h8 g8h8 d1h1 h8g8 g5g6 b6b2 c1b2 a1b2 g2g3 f7g6 f3g5 b2f2 g3f2 f8f6 e5f6 e7f6 h1d5 g8h8 g5f7 h8h7 d5d7 c6d8 f7d8 b8b1 d7h3 h7g8 d8c6 a5a4 h3e6 g8h7 f2e2 a4a3 e2d3 b1b2 c6b4 g6g5 e6a6 a3a2 a6a8 h7g6 b4a2 g5g4 a2b4
Max
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

Post by Max »

MikeB wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:18 pm there is a difference here , in the first , the eval is hugely negative, then turns positive = correct behavior
in the second , the eval is still negative, it has not solved it. Rh1 is a good move , since it turns a huge negative into a near equal game, but Bxh7 wins outright

are you using some 7 man tbs? the current SF code with 7 man does not work too well if you have some TBS are on an HDD ,
No 7-man tbs here, only 5-man (it's a small MB Air :oops: ).

@Louis: what do you get with only one thread and 6-man tbs? Does it switch to Rh1?
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

Post by jhellis3 »

As Mike pointed out, there is no real anomalous behavior here. When the switch to Rh1 occurs, it is still a vast improvement from -6 to -1 (the search has not yet seen that Bxh7+ is winning).

TBs usage can result in different search cutoffs at different plies & depths, which can add some variability to the search. Often it is better, though sometimes it can delay awareness of tactical shots for a few iterations.
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Re: Crystal, the new tactical monster

Post by Max »

MikeB wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:18 pm same position with Honey-X5i with same setup - Honey does not see the solution and gets stick on the drawing Rh1

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 42	+50.04 	5.18G	7:56.10	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 41	+49.96 	4.24G	6:28.62	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 40	+50.04 	3.82G	5:48.93	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qe1 gxf6 Bb1+ Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kg8 
 39	+49.96 	3.66G	5:34.15	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ Kg8 
 38	+50.04 	2.69G	4:03.09	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bc2+ Kg8 
 37	+49.96 	2.15G	3:13.32	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bc2+ Kg8 
 36	+50.04 	2.03G	3:01.25	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bd3+ 
 35	+50.04 	1.71G	2:31.69	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Bf5+ Kg8 
 34	+50.04 	1.58G	2:19.29	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qxc1 Qxc1 Be4+ Kg8 Bh7+ 
 33	+50.04 	1.44G	2:06.62	Rh1 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qxc1 Bh7+ Kh8 Qxc1 Qxc1 Bg6+ Kg8 Bh7+ 
 32	+50.04 	1.44G	2:06.08	Rh1 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Rb2+ Nd2 Rxd2+ Qxd2 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ Kg8 
 31	+50.04 	1.08G	1:32.43	Rh1 Bh3+ Rxh3 Qbxb1 Rxh7 Rb2+ Kg3 Rg2+ Kxg2 Qxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1 Rxg7+ Kh8 Rh7+ Kg8 
 31	+37.59!	1.06G	1:31.11	Rh1! 
 31	+24.89!	1.05G	1:30.53	Rh1! 
 31	+17.13!	1.05G	1:30.38	Rh1! 
 31	+12.47!	1.05G	1:30.01	Rh1! 
 31	+9.62!	1.05G	1:29.85	Rh1! 
 31	+7.82!	1.05G	1:29.72	Rh1! 
 31	+6.64!	1.04G	1:29.61	Rh1! 
 31	+5.85!	1.04G	1:29.50	Rh1! 
 31	+5.31!	1.04G	1:29.06	Rh1! 
 31	+4.95!	1.03G	1:28.62	Rh1! 
 31	+4.70!	1.03G	1:28.07	Rh1! 
 31	+4.53!	1.01G	1:26.48	Rh1! 
 30	+4.37 	970.8M	1:23.22	Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 h6 fxg7 Kxg7 Rxh6 Rg8 Qh1 Bc5 Rh2 Bxd4 Rxa2 Rh8 Qf1 Nxe5 cxd4 Nxf3 Bf4 Qxd4 Bxb8 Rh3+ Qxh3 Bxh3 Kxf3 Qxd3+ Kf2 Qxb1 Be5+ Kg6 Ra3 Qf5+ Rf3 Qxe5 Rxh3 Qxg5 
 30	+5.18!	959.6M	1:22.25	Rh1! 
 30	+4.17!	953.8M	1:21.75	Rh1! 
 30	+3.52!	951.7M	1:21.57	Rh1! 
 30	+3.09!	951.6M	1:21.55	Rh1! 
 30	+2.80!	951.1M	1:21.51	Rh1! 
 30	+2.60!	950.2M	1:21.44	Rh1! 
 30	+2.46!	937.1M	1:20.31	Rh1! 
 30	+2.38?	763.6M	1:05.54	Rh1 h6? 
 29	+2.46 	726.1M	1:02.40	Rh1 h6 Qg1 Qa2+ Nbd2 Rfc8 gxh6 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 h7+ Kh8 Ng5 Rf8 Qe1 Nf5 Be2 f6 exf6 Ne3+ Kg1 Qxf6 Ndf3 Qf5 Nf7+ Rxf7 Bxe3 Rxh7 
 29	+3.81!	642.8M	0:55.24	Rh1! 
 29	+3.21!	558.5M	0:47.96	Rh1! 
 29	+2.82!	537.0M	0:46.08	Rh1! 
 29	+2.55!	525.0M	0:45.02	Rh1! 
 29	+2.35?	292.2M	0:25.04	Rh1 h6? 
 29	+2.63!	286.2M	0:24.51	Rh1! 
 29	+2.53!	272.0M	0:23.23	Rh1! 
 28	+2.44 	186.9M	0:15.90	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 Rb6 Kf2 f4 Bxf4 Qg4 Qxg4 Bxg4 Ng5 Be6 Rh6 Rb2 Nf3 Bf5 e6 Bxh7 e7 Re8 Bg5 Rc2 Rc6 Kg7 Kg3 Bf5 Bf6+ Kg8 
 28	+2.51?	168.9M	0:14.38	Qe1 g6? 
 28	+2.70?	161.3M	0:13.75	Qe1 g6? 
 28	+2.91!	152.1M	0:12.96	Qe1! 
 28	+2.80?	139.3M	0:11.83	Qe1 g6? 
 27	+2.91 	131.3M	0:11.14	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 Rb6 Qf4 Qg7 Kf2 Rg6 Rg1 Qxh7 Nh4 Rxc3 Nxg6+ fxg6 Rb1 Rd3 Rb8+ Kg7 Rd8 Qa4 Bf6+ Kf7 Nf3 Qc2+ Kg3 
 27	+2.90!	128.3M	0:10.88	Qe1! 
 27	+2.80?	117.4M	0:09.93	Qe1 g6? 
 26	+2.90 	112.8M	0:09.54	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfc8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 Bg5 Qg6 h7+ Kh8 Nbd2 Rb6 Kf2 f4 Rh2 Rxc3 Qxf4 Bf5 Rh1 Qc2 Bf6+ Rxf6 exf6 Qxf6 Kg1 Qg7+ Kf2 Bxh7 
 26	+3.47!	110.7M	0:09.36	Qe1! 
 26	+3.15!	109.1M	0:09.23	Qe1! 
 26	+2.93!	108.1M	0:09.15	Qe1! 
 26	+2.77!	106.9M	0:09.04	Qe1! 
 26	+2.67!	106.1M	0:08.97	Qe1! 
 25	+2.58 	91.2M  	0:07.70	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Bxf5 Bxf5 Kg3 f6 h7+ Kh8 exf6 Rf8 Ne5 Qxf6 Ndf3 Qxh4+ Nxh4 Qc2 Nxf5 Rxf5 Nxg6+ Kg7 Nf4 Rg5+ Kh4 Qxh7+ Kxg5 Qxh1 Be3 
 25	+2.76!	87.3M  	0:07.38	Qe1! 
 25	+2.61?	82.4M  	0:06.95	Qe1 g6? 
 25	+2.81!	79.0M  	0:06.65	Qe1! 
 24	+2.71 	76.1M  	0:06.38	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Qf2 Rdc8 c4 Qe6 Ng5 Qa6 Bxf5 Bxf5 h7+ Kg7 c5 f6 Ngf3 Qc2 Qe3 Qcd3 Qh6+ Kh8 Qf4 
 24	+2.79?	72.0M  	0:06.02	Qe1 g6? 
 24	+3.11!	70.1M  	0:05.85	Qe1! 
 24	+2.94?	56.6M  	0:04.63	Qe1 Rfd8? 
 24	+3.17!	55.2M  	0:04.50	Qe1! 
 23	+3.05 	46.7M  	0:03.71	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfd8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 h7+ Kh8 Qe1 Qa1 Kg2 Re8 Ng5 Be6 Nf3 Qa2+ Kg1 Qc6 Rh2 Qa1 Bg5 Ng7 Bf6 Rb2 Nfd2 Qa2 Qh4 
 22	+3.50 	29.8M  	0:01.89	Qe1 Rfc8 Qh4 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 Nf5+ Bxf5 Bxf5 Qxh7+ Kf8 e6 Bxe6 Qh8+ Ke7 Qf6+ Kd6 Bf4+ Kc6 Nbd2 Qd8 Qxd8 Rxd8 Bxb8 Rxb8 Ne5+ Kc7 
 21	+3.32 	26.9M  	0:01.71	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfe8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Bxf5 Qa2+ Kg3 gxf5 h7+ Kh8 Bg5 Qg6 Nbd2 
 20	+3.30 	23.3M  	0:01.48	Qe1 g6 Qh4 Rfe8 fxe7 Nxe7 Rh1 Qa2+ Kg3 h5 gxh6 Nf5+ Bxf5 gxf5 Bg5 Qg6 h7+ Kh8 Nbd2 Re6 Kf2 Rb2 
 19	+2.83 	20.5M  	0:01.30	Qe1 Rfd8 Rh1 Qa2+ Nbd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qh4 h5 gxh6 Nf5 Qf4 Qc6 Bxf5 Bxf5 h7+ Kg7 Kg3 Kh8 Qg5 Qc2 
 18	+1.87 	11.9M  	0:00.74	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Qe6 Kg3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Nf5+ Kf2 Rfe8 Rc1 h6 gxh6 Nxh6 Bd6 Rb7 Re1 Qf5+ Qxf5 Nxf5 
 17	+1.83 	11.1M  	0:00.68	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Qe2 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Rf4 Rfc8 Kg3 Nf5+ Kf2 Re8 Qc2 
 16	+1.94 	5.76M  	0:00.36	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qe6 Qg3 Qa2 Kg1 Rfe8 Qf3 Qc2 Re1 Qef5 Bxe7 Qxf3 Nxf3 Rxe7 
 15	+2.00 	4.46M  	0:00.28	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qe6 Rf4 Rfe8 Kh2 Nf5 Rf2 Qd7 Bc5 Kg7 
 14	+2.18 	1.56M  	0:00.10	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Bf5 Qf3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Rf3 Nf5 Bxf8 Nh4+ Kg3 Nxf3 Nxf3 
 13	+2.16 	1.01M  	0:00.07	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Ba3 Qa2 Bd6 Rb2 Qe1 Bb5 Bxb5 Rxb5 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qd1 
 12	+2.30 	605236	0:00.04	Nfd2 g6 fxe7 Nxe7 Rf6 Qd8 Qf3 Bf5 Ba3 Bxd3 Qxd3 Qd7 Bxe7 
 11	+2.31 	252458	0:00.02	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 Qe6 Qh5 h6 gxh6 gxh6 Ba3 
 10	+2.02 	114615	0:00.01	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 Bb5 Bxb5 Qxb5 Ba3 Qd7 Qe2 Qa2 Bd6 
  9	+2.08 	66650  	0:00.01	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Bd6 Qg4+ Kf2 Nf5 
  8	+1.92 	34359  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Qe6 Bd6 Qg4+ Kf2 Nf5 Ba3 Rb6 
  7	+1.95 	21479  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Qd2 Nf5 Ba3 Qe6 Qe1 Rb3 
  6	+2.05 	12612  	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Qd2 Nf5 Ba3 
  5	+1.85 	9397    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ba3 Nf5 Bxf5 Bxf5 
  4	+2.03 	5026    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Nfd2 a4 
  3	+2.00 	4563    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 Ng1 
  2	+2.12 	3516    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
  1	+2.29 	2426    	0:00.00	fxe7 Nxe7 
  0	# 
will be releasing exe's for both later today ...including macOS
Does Honey-X5i find Bxh7 with 6-man tbs and one thread?

Thanks Mike, looking forward for your Honey-X5i release. :D
Hope we're not just the biological boot loader for digital super intelligence. Unfortunately, that is increasingly probable - Elon Musk