Ras wrote:Henk wrote:It just doesn't see a win.
In the CT800, I have dedicated evals for the elementary endgames against the lone king. Obviously, material counts, but depending on the endgame in question, the position of the kings also.
For KQ:K, I give the material value of the queen plus 3 pawns because this is so easily won (encouriging trade-downs). Further bonus for the defending king closer to the rim of the board, and subtractions for more distance between attacking and defending king.
The result is that the engine wants to drive the defending king to the rim, which it does using the queen, and bringing its own king close. Then the search will do the rest and see the mate easily. It also helps that the defending king on the rim has only one or two legal moves, that cuts down the search tree.
This thread is about Skipper zero. So no chess knowledge allowed. Can throw away all my chess books if I would not be interested in playing chess myself.
Lucky run: 28. Qc8?? 29 Ke7??
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1. Kg1-h1 { 4.364 0.00 } { }
1. Qd6-d7 { 3.381 0.00 } { }
2. Kh1-g1 { 1.900 0.00 } { }
2. Qd7-c8 { 1.875 0.00 } { }
3. Kg1-f1 { 1.769 0.00 } { }
3. Qc8-b7 { 1.956 0.00 } { }
4. Kf1-g1 { 2.083 0.00 } { }
4. Ke6-f7 { 3.946 -0.77 } { }
5. Kg1-f2 { 3.018 0.00 } { }
5. Qb7-e7 { 2.446 0.00 } { }
6. Kf2-f1 { 2.725 0.00 } { }
6. Qe7-d8 { 3.611 -0.40 } { }
7. Kf1-g1 { 3.017 0.00 } { }
7. Kf7-f8 { 3.546 0.00 } { }
8. Kg1-f2 { 3.827 0.00 } { }
8. Qd8-b8 { 3.996 0.00 } { }
9. Kf2-e3 { 2.441 0.00 } { }
9. Qb8-b4 { 3.485 0.00 } { }
10. Ke3-d3 { 3.525 0.00 } { }
10. Qb4-c5 { 3.802 0.00 } { }
11. Kd3-e2 { 3.519 0.00 } { }
11. Kf8-f7 { 3.059 -0.64 } { }
12. Ke2-d3 { 3.173 0.00 } { }
12. Qc5-b5 { 3.101 0.00 } { }
13. Kd3-e4 { 2.847 0.00 } { }
13. Qb5-b6 { 2.805 0.00 } { }
14. Ke4-f5 { 3.229 0.00 } { }
14. Qb6-b3 { 3.426 -0.41 } { }
15. Kf5-e5 { 3.082 0.00 } { }
15. Qb3-c4 { 3.101 0.00 } { }
16. Ke5-d6 { 2.126 0.00 } { }
16. Qc4-d3 { 2.744 0.00 } { }
17. Kd6-c7 { 3.125 0.00 } { }
17. Kf7-g7 { 3.245 0.00 } { }
18. Kc7-c8 { 2.761 0.00 } { }
18. Qd3-c4 { 3.060 -0.95 } { }
19. Kc8-b7 { 2.828 0.00 } { }
19. Qc4-c1 { 3.233 0.00 } { }
20. Kb7-b6 { 2.257 0.00 } { }
20. Qc1-b2 { 2.653 0.00 } { }
21. Kb6-c6 { 2.832 0.00 } { }
21. Kg7-g6 { 3.173 0.00 } { }
22. Kc6-c7 { 2.398 0.00 } { }
22. Qb2-b4 { 2.691 0.00 } { }
23. Kc7-d8 { 2.833 0.00 } { }
23. Qb4-g4 { 2.738 -0.95 } { }
24. Kd8-c7 { 2.809 0.00 } { }
24. Qg4-e6 { 2.817 0.00 } { }
25. Kc7-b8 { 2.791 0.00 } { }
25. Qe6-b6 { 2.224 0.00 } { }
26. Kb8-c8 { 2.691 0.00 } { }
26. Kg6-f5 { 2.495 0.00 } { }
27. Kc8-d7 { 2.174 0.00 } { }
27. Qb6-e6 { 2.503 0.00 } { }
28. Kd7-d8 { 2.393 0.00 } { }
28. Qe6-c8 { 2.124 0.00 } { }
29. Kd8-e7 { 2.160 0.00 } { }
29. Qc8-c2 { 2.279 0.00 } { }
30. Ke7-f7 { 1.965 0.00 } { }
30. Qc2-e4 { 1.827 -0.93 } { }
31. Kf7-g8 { 2.069 0.00 } { }
31. Kf5-g6 { 1.878 0.00 } { }
32. Kg8-h8 { 1.455 0.00 } { }
32. Qe4-a8 { 0.725 -0.99 } { }
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