Texel 1.12 Engine stops calculating in arena 3.5.1

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Texel 1.12 Engine stops calculating in arena 3.5.1

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[d]5k2/pp3N2/5K2/5B2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

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Texel 1.12:
 8-	00:00,007	 12k	1.762k	+7,66	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a5-a4 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Se6-c5 Kg8-h7
 8-	00:00,008	 14k	1.785k	+7,57	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Sf7-g5 a7-a5 Ld7xb5 a5-a4 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Se6-c5 Kg8-h7
 8	00:00,009	 17k	1.862k	+7,63	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Lb5-a4 Kf8-g8 Sf7-e5 Kg8-f8 La4-c6
 9+	00:00,013	 27k	2.055k	+7,72	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Lb5-a4 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e4
 9+	00:00,014	 28k	2.005k	+7,83	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Lb5-a4 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e4
 9-	00:00,015	 31k	2.098k	+7,54	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Sf7-e5 Ke8-d8
 9	00:00,019	 40k	2.128k	+7,94	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Sf7-g5 Ke8-d8 Lb3-a2 b5-b4
 10+	00:00,024	 58k	2.399k	+8,03	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Lb3-e6 b5-b4 Le6-b3 Ke8-d7 Sf7-e5+
 10-	00:00,024	 59k	2.470k	+7,84	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Lb3-e6 Ke8-f8 Sf7-e5 Kf8-e8 Se5-f3 b5-b4 Sf3-d2
 10	00:00,027	 70k	2.609k	+7,77	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Kf6-g6 b7-b6 Se6-d8 Kg8-f8 Kg6-f6 a5-a4 Sd8-e6+
 11-	00:00,034	 92k	2.711k	+7,68	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Lb5-a4 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-h8 Sg5-e4 Kh8-h7 Se4-c3 Kh7-h6 Kf6-e5 Kh6-h5
 11-	00:00,038	 107k	2.818k	+7,59	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Lb5-a4 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-h8 Sg5-e4 Kh8-h7 Se4-c3 Kh7-h6 Kf6-e5 Kh6-h5
 11-	00:00,042	 126k	2.999k	+7,46	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 11	00:00,044	 134k	3.046k	+7,84	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 12	00:00,051	 156k	3.064k	+7,84	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 13-	00:00,071	 230k	3.235k	+7,75	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 13-	00:00,072	 235k	3.263k	+7,66	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 13-	00:00,076	 250k	3.287k	+7,53	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h8 Sd6-f5 Kh8-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Kg5-g6 Kh8-g8
 13	00:00,078	 258k	3.309k	+7,72	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-h7 La4-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-a4 Kh7-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-h8 Sg5-e4 Kh8-h7 Se4-d6 Kh7-h6 Sd6-f5+ Kh6-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-h8 Sf5-d6 Kh8-g7 Sd6-c4 Kg7-g8 La4-b3 a5-a4
 14-	00:00,119	 408k	3.429k	+7,63	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-a4 a7-a6 La4-b3 a6-a5 Lb3-a4 Kg8-h7 Sf7-d6 Kh7-h6 Sd6-f5+ Kh6-h7 Kf6-g5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-d6 Kg8-g7 Sd6-c4 Kg7-g8 La4-b3 a5-a4
 14-	00:00,214	 763k	3.566k	+7,54	Lf5-d7 Kf8-g8 Sf7-e5 b7-b5 Ld7-e6+ Kg8-h7 Le6-f5+ Kh7-g8 Lf5-g4 b5-b4 Lg4-e6+ Kg8-h7 Le6-c4 b4-b3
 14+	00:00,251	 897k	3.573k	+7,81	Lf5-d7 Kf8-g8 Sf7-e5 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kg8-h7 Lb5-a4 Kh7-h6 La4-e8 Kh6-h7 Le8-g6+ Kh7-g8 Lg6-f7+ Kg8-h7 Lf7-b3 a7-a5 Lb3-c2+ Kh7-h8 Lc2-a4 Kh8-g8 Se5-f7 Kg8-h7 Sf7-g5+ Kh7-g8 Sg5-e4 Kg8-h7 Se4-c3 Kh7-h6 Sc3-b1 Kh6-h7
 14+	00:00,288	 1.039k	3.609k	+7,90	Lf5-d7 Kf8-g8 Sf7-e5 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 Kg8-h7 Lb5-a4 Kh7-h6 La4-e8 Kh6-h7 Le8-g6+ Kh7-g8 Lg6-c2 a7-a5 Lc2-a4 Kg8-h7 Se5-f7 Kh7-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-h8 Kf6-g6 Kh8-g8 Sg5-e4 Kg8-h8 Se4-c3 Kh8-g8 Kg6-f6
 14	00:00,306	 1.109k	3.626k	+8,02	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Sf7-h6 Ke8-d7 Kf6-e5 Kd7-e7 Sh6-f5+ Ke7-e8 Lb3-e6 b5-b4
 15-	00:00,345	 1.245k	3.608k	+7,93	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Sf7-h6 Ke8-d7 Kf6-e5 Kd7-c6 Lb3-a2 Kc6-c5
 15	00:00,377	 1.355k	3.593k	+7,85	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Lb3-e6 b5-b4 Le6-b3 Ke8-d7 Sf7-h6 Kd7-d6 Lb3-a2
 16-	00:00,480	 1.703k	3.547k	+7,76	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-e5 Kg8-h7 Se5-c4 Kh7-h6 Sc4-b6 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 Kh6-h5 La4-b3 Kh5-g4 Sb6-a4 b7-b5
 16+	00:00,499	 1.769k	3.546k	+7,94	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Se6-d4 Kg8-h7 Sd4-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 Kh7-h8 Se7-c8
 16+	00:00,538	 1.911k	3.552k	+8,03	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Se6-d4 Kg8-h7 Sd4-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 Kh7-h8 Se7-f5 Kh8-g8
 16	00:00,557	 1.979k	3.553k	+7,83	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e4 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-d1 Kf8-e8 Se4-d6+ Ke8-d7 Sd6-f5 Kd7-c6 Ld1-g4 Kc6-d5 Sf5-g7 b5-b4
 17+	00:00,745	 2.638k	3.542k	+7,92	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-g5 Kg8-f8 Sg5-e4 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b7-b5 La4-d1 Kf8-e8 Ld1-b3 Ke8-d7 Lb3-d5 Kd7-c7 Kf6-e5 Kc7-b6 Ld5-a8 Kb6-a5 Se4-c3 Ka5-b4
 17+	00:00,791	 2.802k	3.543k	+8,01	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-h8 Sf5-e7 Kh8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-b5
 17-	00:00,846	 3.009k	3.556k	+7,74	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-b5 Kh8-h7
 17	00:01,005	 3.588k	3.570k	+8,08	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 Kh7-h6 Se7-f5+ Kh6-h7 Sf5-e7
 18-	00:01,087	 3.892k	3.581k	+7,99	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 b7-b6 Se7-f5 Kh7-g8 Lb5-a4 Kg8-f8 Sf5-d4 Kf8-g8 La4-b3+ Kg8-h8 Lb3-d1 a5-a4
 18	00:01,099	 3.935k	3.580k	+8,06	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 b7-b6 Se7-f5 Kh7-g8 Lb5-c4+ Kg8-h7 Lc4-b3 b6-b5 Lb3-e6 a5-a4 Sf5-d4 a4-a3
 19-	00:01,257	 4.512k	3.590k	+7,97	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Lb5-c4+ Kg8-h7 Sf5-e7 a5-a4 Lc4-f7 a4-a3
 19	00:01,297	 4.653k	3.587k	+8,06	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Sd6-f5 Kh7-g8 Sf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-h8 Ld3-c4 Kh8-h7 Lc4-b5 Kh7-h6 Se7-f5+ Kh6-h7 Kf6-f7 b7-b6 Kf7-f6 Kh7-g8 Sf5-h6+ Kg8-f8 Sh6-f7 a5-a4 Lb5xa4 b6-b5 La4-b3 Kf8-e8 Lb3-e6 b5-b4 Le6-b3 Ke8-d7 Sf7-g5 Kd7-c7 Sg5-e6+ Kc7-d6 Se6-d4 Kd6-c5 Kf6-e5
 20+	00:01,809	 6.474k	3.579k	+8,15	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-g8 Ld3-c4+ Kg8-h7 Sd6-f7 a5-a4 Sf7-g5+ Kh7-h8 Lc4-e6 a4-a3 Kf6-f7 b7-b5 Kf7-f8 b5-b4 Sg5-f7+
 20+	00:01,958	 6.965k	3.557k	+8,24	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Ld7-b5 Kf8-g8 Sf7-d6 Kg8-h7 Lb5-d3+ Kh7-g8 Ld3-c4+ Kg8-f8 Lc4-b3 a5-a4 Lb3xa4 b7-b6 La4-b5 Kf8-g8 Lb5-c4+ Kg8-f8 Lc4-f7 b6-b5 Sd6-f5 b5-b4 Sf5-e7
 20+	00:02,014	 7.151k	3.550k	+8,37	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a5-a4 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Lb5-c4 a4-a3 Se6-g5+ Kg8-h8 Kf6-f7 a3-a2 Kf7-f8 a2-a1D Sg5-f7+
 20+	00:02,535	 8.966k	3.537k	+M17	Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a5-a4 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Lb5-c4 a4-a3 Se6-g5+ Kg8-h8 Kf6-f7 a3-a2 Kf7-f8 a2-a1D Sg5-f7+
 20	00:03,915	 14.525k	3.710k	+M10	Lf5-d7 b7-b5 Ld7xb5 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 a5-a4 Sg5-e6+ Kf8-g8 Lb5-c4 a4-a3 Se6-g5+ Kg8-h8 Kf6-f7 a3-a2 Kf7-f8 a2-a1D Sg5-f7+ Kh8-h7 Lc4-d3+
Bester Zug: Lf5-d7, Wert: +Matt in 10, Tiefe: 20, Dauer: 00:25,276, 41.735.430 Knoten, 3.968k

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Re: Texel 1.12 Engine stops calculating in arena 3.5.1

Post by petero2 »

It is a feature used during game play that when a mate is found that is short enough compared to the search depth, the search immediately stops. This saves time near the end of a game and makes it less boring for a human watching the game.

This feature is also used in analysis mode, but I realize that was a mistake, because then you might be willing to wait longer in order to find a shorter mate. Therefore I disabled this feature during analysis.

The change is available in this alpha version: texel113a6.7z
chessica
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Re: Texel 1.12 Engine stops calculating in arena 3.5.1

Post by chessica »

petero2 wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 10:15 pm It is a feature used during game play that when a mate is found that is short enough compared to the search depth, the search immediately stops. This saves time near the end of a game and makes it less boring for a human watching the game.

This feature is also used in analysis mode, but I realize that was a mistake, because then you might be willing to wait longer in order to find a shorter mate. Therefore I disabled this feature during analysis.

The change is available in this alpha version: texel113a6.7z
Now, it works:

[d]5k2/pp3N2/5K2/5B2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Texel 1.13a6:
...
21+ 00:03,819 14.375k 3.764k +8,29 Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 b7-b5 Sg5-h7+ Kf8-g8 Kf6-g6 a5-a4 Ld7-e6+ Kg8-h8 Sh7-f8 b5-b4 Kg6-h6
21+ 00:03,884 14.617k 3.763k +M19 Lf5-d7 a7-a5 Sf7-g5 b7-b5 Sg5-h7+ Kf8-g8 Kf6-g6 a5-a4 Ld7-e6+ Kg8-h8 Sh7-f8 b5-b4 Kg6-h6
21 00:04,473 17.468k 3.905k +M9 Lf5-d7 a7-a6 Sf7-e5 b7-b6 Se5-g6+ Kf8-g8 Ld7-f5 b6-b5 Sg6-e7+ Kg8-h8 Kf6-g6 b5-b4 Kg6-h6 b4-b3 Lf5-e6 a6-a5 Se7-g6+
Bester Zug: Lf5-d7, Wert: +Matt in 9, Tiefe: 21, Dauer: 00:06,105, 24.994.477 Knoten, 4.130k

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