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Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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Vescovi found the best move in a complex position:

[d] 6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

bm a6 (Nd3 is good too but I believe a6 is significantly better).

Rybka 3 finds this rapidly, but other engines including mine have trouble.

--Jon
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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jdart wrote:Vescovi found the best move in a complex position:

[d] 6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

bm a6 (Nd3 is good too but I believe a6 is significantly better).

Rybka 3 finds this rapidly, but other engines including mine have trouble.

--Jon
I'm sure almost every program solves it 10x faster but this is the best I can do:

[d]6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

Engine: Blueberry Beta 4 DM70 (Athlon 2009 MHz, 128 MB)
by F. Letouzey, T. Gaksch, E. de Groot

1/16 0:00 -5.05 1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Nd3 (1.328)

1/16 0:00 -2.65 1.Nc2 (1.330)

1/16 0:00 -2.27 1.Nd3 (1.332)

1/16 0:00 -1.23 1.Kf1 (2.010)

2/37 0:00 -0.83 1.Kf1 Kf8 2.Nd3 (184.672)

2/50 0:07 -0.12 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxc4 3.Rxb7 Qa2+
4.Kf1 Qxa5 5.Bg6+ Rxg6 6.Rxg6 Qa1+
7.Ke2 Qa2+ 8.Kf1 (3.930.792) 493

2/50 0:11 +0.35 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxa5 3.Rxb7 Qa2+
4.Kf1 Qa1+ 5.Ne1 Qa5 6.Bg6+ Rxg6
7.Rxg6 (5.798.306) 496

2/51 0:48 +0.81 1.Nd3 Qe7 2.Rb2 b6 3.axb6 cxb6
4.Bg6+ Kf8 5.Qh6 Qa7 6.Qh4 Ke7
7.Nxf4 Bxf4 8.Rxf4 (23.723.508) 489

2/51 0:48 +0.81 1.Nd3 Qe7 2.Rb2 b6 3.axb6 cxb6
4.Bg6+ Kf8 5.Qh6 Qa7 6.Qh4 Ke7
7.Nxf4 Bxf4 8.Rxf4 (23.723.508) 489

3/53 4:47 +1.87 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxc4 3.Rxb7 Qc3
4.Rb8 Qc2+ 5.Kf1 g2+ 6.Rxg2 Qxg2+
7.Kxg2 Rxb8 8.a6 Bd4 9.Kf1 (140.426.309) 488

4/56 6:49 +1.92 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 b5 3.axb6 Bxb6
4.Bg6+ Kf8 5.c5 Ba7 6.Ra2 Nf5 7.Bxf5 Rxg4
8.fxg4 (200.845.859) 489

5/56 10:09 +1.97 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxa5 3.Rxb7 Qd2+
4.Kf1 Bb6 5.Rb8 g2+ 6.Rxg2 Qxg2+
7.Kxg2 Rxb8 8.Nb4 Bd4 (298.262.805) 489

6/56 12:28 +1.62 1.Nd3 Qe7 2.a6 bxa6 3.Rxa6 Qd8 4.Rg6 Bd4
5.Nb4 Kf8 6.Nc6 Qc8 7.Qxg8+ Kxg8
8.Ne7+ Kf7 9.Rxg7+ Kxg7 10.Nxc8 (368.675.056) 492

7/58 15:53 +1.62 1.Nd3 Qe7 2.a6 bxa6 3.Rxa6 Qd8 4.Rg6 Bd4
5.Nb4 Kf8 6.Nc6 Qc8 7.Qxg8+ Kxg8
8.Ne7+ Kf7 9.Rxg7+ Kxg7 10.Nxc8 (471.125.786) 494

8/58 25:33 +1.97 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxa5 3.Rxb7 Qd2+
4.Kf1 Bb6 5.Rb8 g2+ 6.Rxg2 Qxg2+
7.Kxg2 Rxb8 8.Nb4 Bd4 (754.980.548) 492

9/58 27:11 +1.18 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.Rb2 Qxc4 3.Ne5+ dxe5
4.Rc2 Qc5 5.Rxc5 Bxc5 6.Rg5 Kf8 7.a6 Rxa6
8.Rxe5 (804.204.381) 492

9/60 115:09 +2.15 1.a6 bxa6 2.Nd3 Qc3 3.Rb2 Ba7 4.Bg6+ Kf8
5.c5 Qd4 6.Rb4 Qxd5 7.Rbxf4 Rxf4
8.Rxf4+ Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Bf7 Qxf7
11.Rxf7+ Kxf7 12.Nf4 Kf8 13.Nd5 (3.181.211.141) 460

best move: a5-a6 time: 116:56.672 min n/s: 461.243 CPU 100.0% n/s(1CPU): 461.243 nodes: 3.236.310.000

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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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jdart wrote:Vescovi found the best move in a complex position:

[d] 6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

bm a6 (Nd3 is good too but I believe a6 is significantly better).

Rybka 3 finds this rapidly, but other engines including mine have trouble.

--Jon
So far, only bright finds it quickly:

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 2:41:34 AM Level: Blitz 5/5
Analyzing engine: Bright-0.4a

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Bright-0.4a): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 01:54
     2/11	00:00	         182	182	-1.42	Qh7h3 Kf7f8
     2/11	00:00	         311	311	-0.13	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Rg4h4
     3/11	00:00	       1.113	1.113	-0.23	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Ra2e2 Qe5d4
     4/11	00:00	       3.344	3.344	-0.43	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Rg4h4 Qe5d4 Ra2c2
     4/13	00:00	       7.907	7.907	-0.42	Ne1c2 Be3d4 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Nc2b4
     5/16	00:00	      12.716	794	-0.37	Ne1c2 Be3d4 Nc2xd4 Qe5xd4 Ra2e2 Qd4xc4 Be4g6+ Kf7f8
     6/16	00:00	      38.401	2.400	-0.98	Ne1c2 Be3c5 Ra2a1 Qe5c3 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Ra1e1 Qc3d2+ Kg2h1
     6/22	00:00	      49.740	1.604	-0.56	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2 Qd4xc4 Rg4g6 Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Qg6g5+ Ke7d7 Rb2xb7
     7/23	00:00	     114.920	2.445	-0.60	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Qh7h4 b7b6 a5xb6 Rf6xg6 Rg4xg6 Qd4xd3 b6xc7 Qd3xc4
     8/24	00:00	     412.386	3.783	-0.33	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rg4g6 Qa5c3 Rg6xf6+ Qc3xf6 Rb2xb7
     9/33	00:00	     780.093	4.171	-0.42	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Nd3b2 Be3b6 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Qg6e4+ Ke7d7
    10/33	00:00	   2.084.195	3.422	+0.16	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Nd3e5+ d6xe5 Rb2c2 Qc4xc2+ Be4xc2 Kf7f8 Rg4g6 Rf6d6 Rg6xd6 c7xd6
    11/34	00:00	   3.309.175	3.925	+0.63	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Rb2xb7 Qc4a2+ Kg2f1 Qa2xa5 Rb7b8 Qa5a1+ Nd3e1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa1a6+ Be4d3
    12/43	00:01	   7.951.063	4.674	+0.69	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 Nd3xf4 Qa5c5 Nf4d3 Rf6xf3+ Kf1g2 Rf3f2+ Kg2h3 Rf2h2+ Kh3xg3 Rh2xh7 Nd3xc5
    13/43	00:02	  14.083.828	5.042	+1.21	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1e2+ Kg2xg3 Qe2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 c4c5 Qh6xh7 Be4xh7
    14/45	00:04	  22.830.566	5.302	+1.21	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1e2+ Kg2xg3 Qe2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 c4c5 Qh6xh7 Be4xh7
    15/67	00:10	  58.201.020	5.494	+1.21	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1e2+ Kg2xg3 Qe2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 c4c5 Qh6xh7 Be4xh7
    16/67	00:23	 132.279.778	5.585	+1.18	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1e2+ Kg2xg3 Qe2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 f3f4 Qh6xh7 Be4xh7
    17/67	01:06	 364.804.638	5.511	+1.10	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1e2+ Kg2xg3 Qe2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 f3f4 Qh6xh7 Be4xh7 Rg8a8
    17/74	01:54	 600.219.563	5.255	+1.71	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Qh7h4 Qc3d4 Kg2h3 g3g2 Rb2xg2 Qd4a1 Nd3e1 Ba7d4 Bg6h7 Bd4c3 Bh7xg8 Bc3xe1
   4/18/2009 2:50:15 AM, Time for this analysis: 00:02:00, Rated time: 01:54

1 of 1 matching moves
4/18/2009 2:50:15 AM, Total time: 12:08:41 AM
Rated time: 01:54 = 114 Seconds
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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Dann it is possible that the moves 1.Nd3 and 1.a6 lead to transpositions in the strongest variation, so some other programs may only find 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.a6 bxa6 and it may seem they do not find a solution. I wasn't sure because the evaluation really seemed to jump after trying 1.a6 at enough depth. But apparently the move a5-a6! is harder to find in the continuation after 1.Nd3 because there 2.Rb2 is also a good move, just not good enough to clear the eval of 1.a6. This seems to be the case with Bright, Blueberry and I suspect Rybka and Arasan, but you would have to do some multi-PV analysis to prove it (provided the multi-PV is accurate enough).

This is a phenomenon that I suppose helps iterative deepening in general even if there are no true transpositions in the strongest lines, the moves that do transpose in one line give some sort of baseline if they are tried in a different order by the iterative deepening algorithm, cut the number of needed hashentries etc. "Depth-first" algorithms (like what I try in Blueberry) can't profit from this in the same way. That is nothing new, because "depth first" existed before "iterative deepening" (also before transpostion tables though) but I suppose it is something that is not often tried anymore.

Regards, Eelco
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

Post by Eelco de Groot »

Eelco de Groot wrote:Dann it is possible that the moves 1.Nd3 and 1.a6 lead to transpositions in the strongest variation, so some other programs may only find 1.Nd3 Qc3 2.a6 bxa6 and it may seem they do not find a solution. I wasn't sure because the evaluation really seemed to jump after trying 1.a6 at enough depth. But apparently the move a5-a6! is harder to find in the continuation after 1.Nd3 because there 2.Rb2 is also a good move, just not good enough to clear the eval of 1.a6. This seems to be the case with Bright, Blueberry and I suspect Rybka and Arasan, but you would have to do some multi-PV analysis to prove it (provided the multi-PV is accurate enough).

This is a phenomenon that I suppose helps iterative deepening in general even if there are no true transpositions in the strongest lines, the moves that do transpose in one line give some sort of baseline if they are tried in a different order by the iterative deepening algorithm, cut the number of needed hashentries etc. "Depth-first" algorithms (like what I try in Blueberry) can't profit from this in the same way. That is nothing new, because "depth first" existed before "iterative deepening" (also before transpostion tables though) but I suppose it is something that is not often tried anymore.

Regards, Eelco
I just tried to see if the moves transpose but after 1.Nc3 Qc3 2.a6 I now think Black has the riposte 2... Qb3! :oops: I had overlooked that... So there goes my theory that the two moves transpose. If I feed Blueberry with the moves it does help in finding this pointe -can I use French in English?- a bit quicker.


[d]6r1/1pp2knQ/P2p1r2/3P4/2P1BpR1/2qNbPp1/R5K1/8 b - -

Engine: Blueberry Beta 4 DM70 (128 MB)
by F. Letouzey, T. Gaksch, E. de Groot

1/20 0:00 +1.02 2...bxa6 3.Bg6+ Kf8 (19.728)

2/46 0:08 +0.76 2...bxa6 3.Rxa6 Qd2+ 4.Kf1 Qd1+
5.Ne1 Qd2 (2.368.510) 274

3/49 0:26 +0.75 2...bxa6 3.Bg6+ Kf8 4.Rxa6 Qc2+
5.Kf1 Qd1+ 6.Ne1 Qd2 (7.955.941) 296

4/54 2:23 -0.91 2...bxa6 3.Rb2 Ba7 4.Rb7 Bb6 5.Nxf4 Qb2+
6.Bc2 Qd4 7.Bg6+ Ke7 (39.898.575) 277

4/54 4:21 0.00 2...Qb3 {Naturellement!} 3.Re2 Qd1 4.Re1 Qd2+ 5.Kf1 bxa6
6.Rb1 Qh2 7.Rb7 Qg1+ 8.Ke2 Qg2+
9.Ke1 Qg1+ 10.Ke2 (73.784.790) 282

4/54 6:29 +0.96 2...Qb3 3.Re2 Qd1 4.Re1 Qd2+ 5.Kf1 bxa6
6.Bg6+ Kf8 7.Re2 Qc3 8.Bh5 a5 9.Rb2 Bb6 (107.798.298) 276

4/54 8:18 +0.46 2...Qb3 3.Re2 Qd1 4.Re1 Qd2+ 5.Kh1 bxa6
6.c5 g2+ 7.Rxg2 Rh6+ 8.Qxh6 Qxg2+
9.Kxg2 Nf5+ 10.Kh2 Nxh6 11.Rb1 Kf6
12.Rb7 a5 13.Rxc7 Nf7 14.Ra7 Bg1+
15.Kh3 Ng5+ (140.069.809) 281

4/54 8:18 +0.46 2...Qb3 3.Re2 Qd1 4.Re1 Qd2+ 5.Kh1 bxa6
6.c5 g2+ 7.Rxg2 Rh6+ 8.Qxh6 Qxg2+
9.Kxg2 Nf5+ 10.Kh2 Nxh6 11.Rb1 Kf6
12.Rb7 a5 13.Rxc7 Nf7 14.Ra7 Bg1+
15.Kh3 Ng5+ (140.069.809) 281

5/56 17:45 +0.96 2...Qb3 3.Re2 Qd1 4.Re1 Qd2+ 5.Kh1 bxa6
6.Bg6+ Ke7 7.Rb1 a5 8.Be4 g2+ 9.Rxg2 Rh6+
10.Qxh6 Qxg2+ 11.Kxg2 Nf5+ 12.Qg6 Rxg6+
13.Kh2 Rh6+ 14.Kg2 Nh4+ 15.Kf1 Rh8 (294.979.401) 276
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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I actually left Rybka analyzing this all night (forgot and left the computer on) and a6 was scored over +4, with the next-best move quite a bit behind. Unfortunately I didn't save all the analysis.

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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

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jdart wrote:I actually left Rybka analyzing this all night (forgot and left the computer on) and a6 was scored over +4, with the next-best move quite a bit behind. Unfortunately I didn't save all the analysis.

--Jon
That's a pity Jon! But I am convinced the testposition does work!

In the Shredder interface and probably other GUIs you can switch on a dumpfile so all the analysis gets stored automatically. But it is not on by default.

I have not yet been able to improve a solution time of 115 minutes. It is not so surprising, because I made changes to the PV search and that only involves Nd3 at first. I did see the eval for 1.Nd3 go down there because of the deeper searches which is good and should help a bit but then it takes too long building deeper analysis for 1.Nd3 while at the same time analysis for 1.a6 is left unchanged and solution times went waay up to over 400 minutes. But that did give a better eval:

6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

Engine: Blueberry Beta 4 DM70 Build 436 (128 MB)
by F. Letouzey, T. Gaksch, E. de Groot

11/66 485:14 +2.62 1.a6 bxa6 2.Nd3 Qc3 3.Rb2 Ba7 4.Bg6+ Kf8
5.c5 Qd4 6.Rb4 Qxd5 7.Rbxf4 Rxf4
8.Rxf4+ Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Re4+ Kd8
11.Nb4 Qd2+ 12.Kxg3 Kd7 13.Be8+ Kc7
14.Nxa6+ (14.941.867.984) 513

best move: a5-a6 time: 524:09.328 min n/s: 515.646 CPU 100.0% n/s(1CPU): 515.646 nodes: 16.216.640.000

And if I go quite a few moves into this variation after

[FEN "6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -"]

1. a6 bxa6 2. Nd3 Qc3 3. Rb2 Ba7 4. Bg6+ Kf8 5. c5 Qd4
6. Rb4 Qxd5 7. Rbxf4 Rxf4 8. Rxf4+ *

With Build 438:

[d]5kr1/b1p3nQ/p2p2B1/2Pq4/5R2/3N1Pp1/6K1/8 b - -

Engine: Blueberry Beta 4 DM70 Build 438 (Athlon 2009 MHz,128 MB)
by F. Letouzey, T. Gaksch, E. de Groot

7/49 1:28 -2.93 8...Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Qh4+ Kd7
11.Rf7+ Kc8 12.Qh7 Re8 13.Kxg3 Bd4
14.Rxg7 Bxg7 15.Bxe8 Bd4 (49.890.266) 564

8/58 18:43 -5.01 8...Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Qh4+ Kd7
11.Rf7+ Kc8 12.Qe7 Qa2+ 13.Kh3 Rh8+
14.Kg4 Qe6+ 15.Bf5 Qxf5+ 16.Rxf5 Nxf5
17.Qxa7 g2 18.Kxf5 Rh1 19.Qxa6+ Kd7
20.Qb7+ Kd8 21.Qa8+ Ke7 (672.258.904) 598

9/58 48:02 -5.01 8...Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Qh4+ Kd7
11.Rf7+ Kc8 12.Qe7 Qa2+ 13.Kh3 Rh8+
14.Kg4 Qe6+ 15.Bf5 Qxf5+ 16.Rxf5 Nxf5
17.Qxa7 g2 18.Kxf5 Rf8+ 19.Ke6 Rxf3
20.Qd7+ Kb8 21.Qxd6+ Ka7 (1.636.269.465) 567

10/58 64:23 -5.14 8...Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Qh4+ Kd7
11.Rf7+ Kc8 12.Qe7 Bb6 13.Qd7+ Kb8
14.Nf4 Rd8 15.Nxd5 Rxd7 16.Rxd7 Bd4
17.f4 a5 18.f5 a4 19.f6 Ne6 20.Rxd6 Bxf6
21.Rxe6 (2.174.878.483) 562

11/58 72:27 -4.86 8...Ke7 9.cxd6+ cxd6 10.Qh4+ Kd7
11.Rf7+ Kc8 12.Qe7 Bb6 13.Qd7+ Kb8
14.Nf4 Rd8 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.Nxd5 Ne6
17.Kxg3 a5 18.Rd7 Kc8 19.Rxd6 Nd4 (2.443.839.486) 562

But now how to improve my search into 1.a6? I don't think it can be pinned down to a single eval term or something, there are many complications on the board :)

Regards, Eelco
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, {Some big Kahunas weigh in}

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jdart wrote:Vescovi found the best move in a complex position:

[d] 6r1/1pp2knQ/3p1r2/P2Pq3/2P1BpR1/4bPp1/R5K1/4N3 w - -

bm a6 (Nd3 is good too but I believe a6 is significantly better).

Rybka 3 finds this rapidly, but other engines including mine have trouble.

--Jon

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 3:11:45 AM Level: 45000 Seconds
Analyzing engine: Glaurung

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Glaurung): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 02:11
      2	00:00	         502	4.482	-1.07	Ne1d3 Qe5h5 Qh7xh5+ Ng7xh5 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8
      2	00:00	         682	6.089	-0.80	Kg2f1 Kf7f8
      2	00:00	         954	8.442	-0.70	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Kg2h1
      3	00:00	       1.285	11.371	-0.58	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Kg2h1 Be3d4
      3	00:00	       1.757	15.412	+1.96	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2
      4	00:00	       2.449	21.482	+0.45	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4
      5	00:00	       4.052	30.238	+0.19	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4 Ra2e2 Qc4xa6
      6	00:00	       7.341	50.979	+0.19	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4 Ra2e2 Qc4xa6
      6	00:00	      13.208	88.644	+0.84	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4
      7	00:00	      19.429	124.544	+0.86	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Kg2f1
      8	00:00	      31.753	191.283	+0.66	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rb2e2
      9	00:00	      74.556	394.476	+0.72	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 d6xc5 Rg4g5 Be3d4 Ra2b2 c5c4
     10	00:00	     213.889	869.467	+0.66	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Ra2b2 Bc5e3 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rg4g5
     11	00:00	     381.607	1.280.560	+0.50	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Ra2b2 Bc5e3 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rg4g5 a5a4
     11	00:00	     861.550	1.914.555	+0.70	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Qa2a1+ Nd3e1 Qa1a5 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6 Rg4xg6 Be3d4
     12	00:00	   1.341.485	2.289.223	+1.88	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Rb2xb7 Qc4a2+ Nd3b2 Qa2xa5 Kg2h3 Qa5c3 Nb2d3 Qc3c4 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6 Rg4xg6
     13	00:00	   2.077.632	2.629.913	+0.90	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Qa2xc4 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Qg6h7 Ke7f7 Rb7b8 Qc4xd3+ Qh7xd3 Rg8xb8
     14	00:01	   3.629.027	3.115.044	+0.60	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Rg4xf4 Rf6xf4 Be4g6+ Kf7f6 Qh7xg8 Qa5d2+ Kg2xg3 Rf4xf3+ Kg3xf3 Qd2e3+ Kf3g2 Qe3g1+ Kg2h3 Qg1h1+ Kh3g3 Kf6xg6
     15	00:02	   7.408.673	3.362.992	+0.58	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Rg4xf4 Rf6xf4 Be4g6+ Kf7f6 Qh7xg8 Qa5d2+ Kg2xg3 Rf4xf3+ Kg3xf3 Qd2e3+ Kf3g2 Qe3g1+ Kg2h3 Qg1h1+ Kh3g3 Qh1g1+ Kg3h4 Qg1h2+ Kh4g4 Kf6xg6
     15	00:03	  11.460.248	3.496.109	+1.33	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xf4 Qc3d4 Nf4g6+ Rf6xg6 Be4xg6 Qd4g1+ Kg2h3 Qg1f1+ Kh3xg3 Ng7f5+ Kg3f4
     16	00:04	  15.206.619	3.671.322	+1.31	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xf4 Qc3d4 Nf4g6+ Rf6xg6 Be4xg6 Qd4g1+ Kg2h3 Qg1f1+ Kh3xg3 Ng7f5+ Kg3f4 Rg8xg6 Rg4xg6 Qf1xe2 Kf4xf5 Qe2xf3+ Kf5e6
     17	00:06	  24.830.990	3.950.833	+1.07	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xf4 Qc3d4 Kg2h3 Qd4e5 Be4c2 Bc5e3 Nf4g6+ Rf6xg6 Bc2xg6
     17	00:08	  34.344.137	4.104.222	+1.47	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Bb6e3 Nb4c6 Rb8e8 Be4c2 Be3b6 Bc2d3
     18	00:11	  47.327.927	4.195.738	+1.27	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8a8 Nb4c6 Ra8e8 Be4d3 Bb6c5 Kg2f1 Bc5e3
     19	00:19	  84.302.797	4.307.536	+1.33	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8a8 Nb4c6 Bb6c5 Be4c2 Ra8e8 Bc2d3 Bc5e3 Bd3c2
     20	00:37	 168.765.290	4.548.807	+1.25	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8a8 Nb4c6 Bb6c5 Be4c2 Ra8e8 Bc2d3 Bc5e3 Kg2f1 Be3c5
     20	02:11	 620.227.082	4.733.871	+2.72	a5a6 Be3a7 Ne1d3 Qe5d4 c4c5 b7xa6 Rg4xf4 Rf6xf4 Nd3xf4 Qd4f6 c5xd6 Qf6xf4 d6xc7 Rg8c8 Qh7g6+ Kf7f8 d5d6 Qf4h4 Qg6xg3 Qh4xg3+ Kg2xg3 Ba7b6 Ra2xa6 Bb6xc7 d6xc7 Rc8xc7 Kg3f4
   4/18/2009 3:15:35 AM, Time for this analysis: 00:03:45, Rated time: 02:11

1 of 1 matching moves
4/18/2009 3:15:36 AM, Total time: 12:03:50 AM
Rated time: 02:11 = 131 Seconds

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 3:18:15 AM Level: 45000 Seconds
Analyzing engine: Glaurung

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Glaurung): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 00:44
      2	00:00	         502	2.728	-1.07	Ne1d3 Qe5h5 Qh7xh5+ Ng7xh5 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8
      2	00:00	         682	3.706	-0.80	Kg2f1 Kf7f8
      2	00:00	         954	5.184	-0.70	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Kg2h1
      3	00:00	       1.285	6.945	-0.58	Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Kg2h1 Be3d4
      3	00:00	       1.757	9.497	+1.96	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2
      4	00:00	       2.449	13.166	+0.45	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4
      5	00:00	       4.052	21.668	+0.19	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4 Ra2e2 Qc4xa6
      6	00:00	       7.330	35.410	+0.19	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 a5a6 Qd4xc4 Ra2e2 Qc4xa6
      6	00:00	      13.193	62.231	+0.84	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4
      7	00:00	      19.379	88.488	+0.86	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Kg2f1
      8	00:00	      31.766	138.113	+0.66	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rb2e2
      9	00:00	      75.071	297.900	+0.72	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 d6xc5 Rg4g5 Be3d4 Ra2b2 c5c4
     10	00:00	     184.691	632.503	+0.66	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Ra2b2 Bc5e3 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rg4g5
     11	00:00	     345.390	1.006.967	+0.50	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Ra2b2 Bc5e3 Kg2h1 a6a5 Rg4g5 a5a4
     12	00:00	     914.495	1.810.881	+0.70	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Nd3xc5 Qc3xc5 Ra2c2 Qc5a5 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Rc2b2 Rf6xg6 Rg4xf4+ Ng7f5 Rf4xf5+ Kf8e8
     13	00:00	   1.601.022	2.323.689	+1.05	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 c4c5 Be3xc5 Nd3xc5 Qc3xc5 Ra2c2 Qc5a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Rc2e2 Qa7d4 Rg4g5
     14	00:01	   4.428.837	3.254.105	+2.03	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Qg6h7 Qc4xd5 Rg4xg7+ Rg8xg7 Qh7xg7+ Qd5f7 Qg7c3 Ke7e6 Rb2b4
     15	00:01	   6.190.870	3.470.218	+1.33	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xf4 Qc3c1 Nf4g6+ Rf6xg6 Be4xg6 Qc1g1+ Kg2h3 Qg1f1+ Kh3xg3 Ng7f5+ Kg3f4
     16	00:02	  10.479.476	3.766.885	+0.82	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xf4 Qc3c1 Nf4g6+ Kf8f7 Rg4xg3 Qc1d1 Re2b2
     17	00:08	  34.421.539	4.268.014	+0.68	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Kg2h3 Qc3xc4 Ra2b2 Be3b6 Rb2e2 Kf7f8 Nd3xf4 Qc4c1 Nf4g6+ Rf6xg6 Be4xg6 Qc1h1+ Kh3xg3 Qh1g1+ Kg3h3 Qg1h1+ Re2h2 Qh1xf3+ Rg4g3 Qf3xd5
     17	00:15	  70.317.583	4.461.492	+1.43	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Bb6e3 Nb4c6 Rb8e8 Be4d3 Be3b6 Bd3e4
     18	00:19	  86.306.804	4.501.945	+1.29	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Bb6e3 Nb4c6 Rb8e8 Be4d3 Be3b6 Bd3c2 Re8e2+ Kg2h3
     19	00:29	 136.425.500	4.594.534	+1.33	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Bb6e3 Nb4c6 Rb8a8 Be4d3 Be3c5 Kg2f1 Ra8e8 Kf1g2
     19	00:44	 209.830.712	4.679.960	+2.43	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 c4c5 Qc3d4 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xc5 Qd4xc5 Qh7h4 Qc5d4 Rg4xg3 Qd4c3 Rg3g4 Qc3d4 Bg6h7
     20	01:23	 400.232.085	4.786.663	+3.47	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5e7 Ra2xa6 Qe7d8 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Qh7h4 Ng7e8 Nd3b4 Be3d4 Nb4c6 Qd8d7 Bg6xe8 Rg8xg4 f3xg4 Qd7xe8 Qh4h8+ Kf8f7 Qh8xe8+ Kf7xe8 Nc6xd4 Ke8d7 g4g5 Rf6g6 Nd4e6 Rg6xe6 d5xe6+ Kd7xe6
     21	02:01	 598.439.266	4.914.948	+4.01	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Bg6h5 Qc3xd3 Qh7xd3 Ng7xh5 Rg4h4 Nh5g7 Ra2xa6 Kf8f7 Ra6c6 Ng7e8 Rh4h7+ Kf7f8 Rc6a6 Ne8g7 Qd3e4 Kf8f7 Ra6a2 Rg8e8
     22	03:42	1.110.130.429	4.982.609	+4.92	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 Ra2xa6 Kf7e8+ Kf3e2 Ng7h5 Ra6a8+ Ke8d7 Ra8xf8 Bh6xf8 e4e5 d6xe5 Nd3xe5+ Kd7d6 Ne5c6 Bf8g7 Ke2d3 Bg7f6 Kd3e4
     23	06:12	1.857.204.551	4.986.453	+5.19	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Ng7f5 Ra5a7 Nf5e3 e5xd6 Kf7e8+ Rg4f4 Bh6xf4 Nd3xf4 Ne3xd5 c4xd5 c7xd6 Kf3e4 Rf8f7
     24	11:05	3.367.541,371	5.058.014	+5.29	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Kf7e7+ Kf3e4 Ng7e8 Ra5a6 Bh6d2 Nd3f4 Bd2xf4 Rg4xf4 Rf8xf4+ Ke4xf4 Ke7f7 Ra6a7 Kf7e7 Kf4e4 Ke7d7
     25	20:19	6.237.938,928	5.114.769	+5.39	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Kf7e7+ Kf3e4 Ng7e8 Ra5a6 Bh6d2 Rg4g2 Bd2c3 Nd3f4 Rf8xf4+ Ke4xf4 Bc3xe5+ Kf4e4 Ne8f6+ Ke4e3 Nf6h5 Ra6a7 Ke7d7
     26	42:54	13.213.169,899	5.132.551	+5.41	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Ng7e8 Kf3e4 d6xe5 Nd3xe5+ Kf7e7 Rg4g6 Rf8f6 c4c5 Bh6d2 Ra5a8 Rf6xg6 Ne5xg6+ Ke7f7 Ng6e5+ Kf7e7 Ke4d3 Bd2g5 Kd3d4
     27	1:51:56	34.615.548,038	5.153.673	+5.43	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Ng7e8 Kf3e4 d6xe5 Nd3xe5+ Kf7e7 Rg4g6 Rf8f6 c4c5 Bh6d2 Ra5a8 Rf6xg6 Ne5xg6+ Ke7f7 Ng6e5+ Kf7e7 Ke4d3 Bd2g5 Ra8a7 Ke7f6
     28	4:21:01	81.369.583,293	5.195.495	+5.49	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Rg8f8 e4e5 a6a5 Ra2xa5 Ng7e8 Kf3e4 Bh6g7 Ra5a7 d6xe5 Nd3xe5+ Kf7g8 Rg4g1 Kg8h7 c4c5 Rf8f2 Rg1g5 Rf2e2+ Ke4d4 Re2d2+ Kd4c4 Rd2c2+ Kc4b4 Rc2e2 Rg5h5+ Bg7h6
   4/18/2009 3:48:21 PM, Time for this analysis: 12:30:00, Rated time: 00:44

1 of 1 matching moves
4/18/2009 3:48:21 PM, Total time: 12:30:05 PM
Rated time: 00:44 = 44 Seconds

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 3:18:15 AM Level: Blitz 5/5
Analyzing engine: Naum

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Naum): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 15:06
     2/11	00:00	         524	16.375	-0.17	a5a6 b7xa6
     3/10	00:00	       1.016	30.787	-0.49	a5a6 b7xa6 Ra2xa6
     4/15	00:00	       2.175	63.970	+0.34	a5a6 b7xa6 Ra2xa6 Be3d4
     5/19	00:00	       5.107	138.027	+0.44	a5a6 b7xa6 Ra2xa6 Qe5b2+ Ne1c2
     6/19	00:00	       8.968	224.200	+0.45	a5a6 b7xa6 Ra2xa6 Qe5c3 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6
     7/21	00:00	      23.503	479.653	+0.03	a5a6 b7xa6 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Ra2xa6 Be3a7 Bg6e4
     8/23	00:00	      39.473	680.568	+0.33	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1c2 Qe5c3 Nc2xe3 Qc3xe3 Ra2b2 Qe3d4
     9/27	00:00	      94.995	1.091.896	+0.65	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2 Qd4a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Bg6h5 Qa7b8 Rb2e2
    10/29	00:00	     175.066	1.400.528	+0.69	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2 Qd4xc4 Rb2xb7 Qc4a2+ Kg2f1 Qa2xa5 Be4g6+ Rf6xg6
    11/33	00:00	     579.563	2.069.867	+0.82	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xc4 Rb2xb7 Qc4a2+ Kg2f1 Qa2a1+ Kf1e2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2
    12/38	00:00	   1.367.561	2.491.003	+0.72	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+
    13/42	00:01	   2.295.294	2.722.768	+0.78	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2
    14/42	00:02	   6.072.060	2.979.421	+0.99	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+
    15/44	00:03	  10.136.528	3.117.972	+1.09	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2
    16/52	00:05	  17.300.171	3.253.746	+1.03	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6
    17/46	00:09	  31.590.706	3.386.290	+1.03	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 Rg2b2
    18/62	01:04	 232.399.199	3.606.611	+1.01	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 Rg2b2 Bb6a5
    19/58	02:04	 447.714.759	3.612.234	+1.01	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2
    20/62	04:51	1.060.589.413	3.636.215	+0.94	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Nd3xf4 Qa5e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 Rg2b2 Bb6a5 Rb2a2 Rg8h8
    20/62	15:06	3.211.587,767	3.544.940	+3.38	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Ra2xa6 Rg8e8 Kg3xf3 Ng7f5 e4xf5 Re8e3+ Kf3f2 Re3xd3 Ra6a7 Rd3h3
    21/61	17:49	3.811.424,924	3.565.046	+3.58	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Ra2xa6 Rg8e8 Kg3xf3 Ng7f5 e4xf5 Re8e3+ Kf3f2 Re3xd3 Ra6a7 Bh6e3+ Kf2e2
    22/62	21:34	4.642.855,035	3.586.293	+3.58	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Ra2xa6 Rg8e8 Kg3xf3 Ng7f5 e4xf5 Re8e3+ Kf3f2 Re3xd3 Ra6a7 Bh6e3+ Kf2e2 Be3xa7
    23/62	43:17	9.321.484,344	3.588.615	+3.93	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Ng7e8 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8 Ra2xa6 Bh6g7 Nd3f4 Bg7f6 Nf4e6 Kg8f7 Ra6a7 Kf7g6 Ne6xc7
    24/62	1:05:34	14.128.287,037	3.591.496	+4.04	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Ng7e8 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8 Ra2xa6 Bh6g7 Nd3f4 Bg7f6 Nf4e6 Kg8f7 Ra6a7 Kf7g6 Ne6xc7 Bf6d4
    25/62	1:40:18	21.647.419,069	3.597.258	+4.10	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Ng7e8 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8 Ra2xa6 Bh6g7 Nd3f4 Bg7f6 Nf4e6 Kg8f7 Ra6a7 Kf7e7 Ne6xc7 Bf6d4 Ra7b7
    26/62	6:59:12	90.682.024,094	3.605.267	+4.84	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Ng7e8 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8 Ra2xa6 Bh6g7 Nd3f4 Bg7e5 Nf4e6 Ne8f6 Ne6xc7 Nf6d7 Nc7b5 Nd7c5 Ra6b6 Nc5d7
    27/62	9:14:57	120.180.716,916	3.609.284	+4.84	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 f3xe4 f4f3+ Kg2xg3 Rf6h6 Qh7xh6 Be3xh6 Kg3xf3 Ng7e8 Rg4xg8 Kf7xg8 Ra2xa6 Bh6g7 Nd3f4 Bg7e5 Nf4e6 Ne8f6 Ne6xc7 Nf6d7 Nc7b5 Nd7c5 Ra6b6 Nc5d7 Rb6c6
   4/19/2009 4:18:33 AM, Time for this analysis: 12:30:01, Rated time: 15:06

1 of 1 matching moves
4/19/2009 4:18:34 AM, Total time: 1:00:18 AM
Rated time: 15:06 = 906 Seconds

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 3:18:15 AM Level: Blitz 5/5
Analyzing engine: Rybka

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Rybka): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 00:00
      2	00:00	          77	78.848	+0.17	a5a6
      3	00:00	          92	94.208	+0.17	a5a6
      4	00:00	       2.702	162.755	-0.15	Ne1c2
      5+	00:00	       6.061	188.074	+0.05	a5a6
      5	00:00	       6.381	198.004	+0.05	a5a6 b7xa6
      6	00:00	       8.471	262.857	+0.11	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1c2
      7	00:00	      19.777	213.175	 0.00	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2
      8+	00:00	      28.137	202.903	+0.20	a5a6
      8	00:00	      37.782	223.634	+0.39	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2b7
      9	00:00	      86.738	246.721	 0.00	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2b7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Ba7b6 Be4g6+ Kf7e7
     10	00:00	     116.718	263.258	 0.00	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2b7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Ba7b6 Be4g6+ Kf7e7
     11+	00:00	     179.698	250.354	+0.20	a5a6
     11	00:01	     257.210	251.559	+0.31	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2b7 Ba7b6 Nd3xf4 Qc3e1 Nf4h3
     12	00:01	     437.060	253.712	+0.45	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2b7 Ba7b6 Nd3xf4 Qc3e1 Nf4h3 Qe1d2+ Kg2xg3 Qd2e1+ Kg3h2 Qe1d2+ Rg4g2 Qd2h6 c4c5 d6xc5 d5d6
     13+	00:03	     758.935	245.312	+0.65	a5a6
     13+	00:05	   1.264.541	244.088	+0.85	a5a6
     13+	00:10	   2.215.747	226.869	+2.05	a5a6
     13	00:13	   2.860.445	226.464	+2.34	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5
     14+	00:19	   4.082.615	221.277	+2.54	a5a6
     14+	00:24	   4.966.504	213.756	+2.74	a5a6
     14	00:28	   5.769.197	210.957	+2.75	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xc5 Qc3xc5 Qh7h4 Qc5c3 Rg4xf4 Ng7h5 Qh4xh5 Rf6xf4 Qh5h6+ Rg8g7 Qh6xf4+ Rg7f7 Qf4g5 Rf7e7 Qg5h6+ Qc3g7
     15	00:35	   7.337.598	212.449	+2.75	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xc5 Qc3xc5 Qh7h4 Qc5c3 Rg4xf4 Ng7h5 Qh4xh5 Rf6xf4 Qh5h6+ Rg8g7 Qh6xf4+ Rg7f7 Qf4g5 Rf7e7 Qg5h6+ Qc3g7
     16	00:51	  11.076.614	219.453	+2.75	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 c4c5 Kf7f8 Rb2e2 Ba7xc5 Nd3xc5 Qc3xc5 Qh7h4 Qc5c3 Rg4xf4 Ng7h5 Qh4xh5 Rf6xf4 Qh5h6+ Rg8g7 Qh6xf4+ Rg7f7 Qf4g5 Rf7e7 Qg5h6+ Qc3g7
     17+	01:35	  20.650.432	220.943	+2.95	a5a6
     17+	02:28	  32.120.881	221.124	+3.15	a5a6
     17+	05:55	  79.590.337	229.177	+4.35	a5a6
     17	14:04	 208.128.620	252.554	+4.82	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5xe4 Qh7xe4 Rg8h8 Nd3xf4 Rh8h2+ Kg2f1 Be3xf4 Ra2xh2
     18+	16:59	 248.804.272	249.937	+5.02	a5a6
     18	20:45	 313.593.597	257.940	+5.12	a5a6
   4/19/2009 4:48:58 PM, Time for this analysis: 12:30:00, Rated time: 00:00

1 of 1 matching moves
4/19/2009 4:48:58 PM, Total time: 1:30:42 PM
Rated time: 00:00 = 0 Seconds

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Analysis from C:\q\epd\sub\a6.epd   
4/18/2009 3:18:15 AM Level: Blitz 5/5
Analyzing engine: Zappa

1) a6;                  
    Searching move: a5-a6
    Best move (Zappa): a5-a6
    identical moves! Found in: 3:43:32
     9/38	00:01	     560.676	1.995.288	+0.13	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 c4c5 Be3d4 Rb2e2 Qa5c3 Kg2h1
     9/38	00:01	     652.675	1.989.863	+0.13	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 c4c5 Be3d4 Rb2e2 Qa5c3 Kg2h1
    10/38	00:01	   1.432.268	2.351.836	-0.07	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Qh7h4 Qc3d4 Ra2e2 Qd4a1 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Re2e1 Qa1a2+ Kg2h1 Rf6xg6 Rg4xg6 Qa2xc4
    10/38	00:01	   1.944.589	2.442.951	-0.07	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Qh7h4 Qc3d4 Ra2e2 Qd4a1 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 Re2e1 Qa1a2+ Kg2h1 Rf6xg6 Rg4xg6 Qa2xc4
    11/42	00:02	   4.702.456	2.643.314	+0.48	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2 Qd4a7 Rg4g6 Be3d4 Rb2b5 Kf7f8 Rg6xf6+ Bd4xf6 Nd3xf4
    11/42	00:02	   4.872.418	2.646.615	+0.48	Ne1d3 Qe5d4 Ra2b2 Qd4a7 Rg4g6 Be3d4 Rb2b5 Kf7f8 Rg6xf6+ Bd4xf6 Nd3xf4
    12/44	00:04	   9.652.117	2.690.111	+0.76	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Kf7f8 c5xd6 Qa5a1+ Kf1e2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2
    12/44	00:04	   9.949.970	2.691.363	+0.76	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Kf7f8 c5xd6 Qa5a1+ Kf1e2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2
    13/46	00:05	  13.288.889	2.704.292	+0.75	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Kf7f8 c5xd6 Qa5a1+ Kf1e2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2c4 d6d7 Kf8f7
    13/46	00:05	  14.330.844	2.726.050	+0.75	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Kf7f8 c5xd6 Qa5a1+ Kf1e2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2c4 d6d7 Kf8f7
    14/48	00:09	  24.054.268	2.844.976	+0.97	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Qa5a1+ Kf1g2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2a3 Rg4g6 Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Rb2b7
    14/48	00:09	  25.374.083	2.858.407	+0.97	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Qa5a1+ Kf1g2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2a3 Rg4g6 Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Rb2b7
    15/50	00:15	  42.146.924	2.858.969	+0.97	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Qa5a1+ Kf1g2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2a3 Rg4g6 Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Rb2b7
    15/50	00:16	  45.594.580	2.871.014	+0.97	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 Qd2xa5 c4c5 Qa5a1+ Kf1g2 Qa1a2+ Rb7b2 Qa2a3 Rg4g6 Rf6xg6 Qh7xg6+ Kf7e7 Rb2b7
    16/52	00:52	 148.528.429	2.866.901	+1.28	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Kf7f8 c4c5 d6xc5 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Ng7f5+ Kg2h2 Rf6h6+ Qh7xh6+ Nf5xh6 a5a6 c5c4 Nd3e5 Nh6f7 Ne5xc4 Be3g1+ Kh2h1 Bg1d4 Rb7xc7 Rg8g3 a6a7 Rg3g1+ Kh1h2
    16/52	00:54	 154.864.466	2.869.933	+1.28	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Kf7f8 c4c5 d6xc5 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Ng7f5+ Kg2h2 Rf6h6+ Qh7xh6+ Nf5xh6 a5a6 c5c4 Nd3e5 Nh6f7 Ne5xc4 Be3g1+ Kh2h1 Bg1d4 Rb7xc7 Rg8g3 a6a7 Rg3g1+ Kh1h2
    17/54	01:14	 215.683.882	2.910.085	+1.28	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Kf7f8 c4c5 d6xc5 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Ng7f5+ Kg2h2 Rf6h6+ Qh7xh6+ Nf5xh6 a5a6 c5c4 Nd3e5 Nh6f7 Ne5xc4 Be3g1+ Kh2h1 Bg1d4 Rb7xc7 Rg8g3 a6a7 Rg3g1+ Kh1h2
    17/54	01:19	 229.991.419	2.913.054	+1.28	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Kf7f8 c4c5 d6xc5 Rb2xb7 Qc3d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Ng7f5+ Kg2h2 Rf6h6+ Qh7xh6+ Nf5xh6 a5a6 c5c4 Nd3e5 Nh6f7 Ne5xc4 Be3g1+ Kh2h1 Bg1d4 Rb7xc7 Rg8g3 a6a7 Rg3g1+ Kh1h2
    18/56	04:09	 734.524.379	2.958.690	+1.59	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4e5 Qh7h3 Rg8e8 Kf1e2 Kf7g8 Qh3h7+ Kg8f8 Ke2d1 Be5a1
    18/56	04:24	 774.202.191	2.931.363	+1.59	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4e5 Qh7h3 Rg8e8 Kf1e2 Kf7g8 Qh3h7+ Kg8f8 Ke2d1 Be5a1
    19/58	07:31	1.332.291.851	2.956.542	+1.62	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4e5 Kf1e2 Be5a1 Be4c2 Rg8e8+ Ke2d1 Ba1b2 Bc2d3 Bb2e5 Bd3e4 Be5a1 Be4d3 Ba1b2 Kd1c2
    19/58	08:07	1.437.390.257	2.952.630	+1.62	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Qa5a2+ Kg2f1 Be3b6 Rb7b8 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qa2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4e5 Kf1e2 Be5a1 Be4c2 Rg8e8+ Ke2d1 Ba1b2 Bc2d3 Bb2e5 Bd3e4 Be5a1
    20/60	40:37	7.218.147,667	2.961.971	+1.65	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Rb7b8 Qa5d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4b2 Kf1e2 Kf7f8 Nc6e7 Kf8xe7 Qh7xg8 Rf6f8 Qg8h7 Ke7d8 Qh7g6 Bb2d4 Qg6g5+ Kd8c8 Ke2d3
    20/60	43:55	7.769.349,449	2.948.959	+1.65	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Rb7b8 Qa5d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4b2 Kf1e2 Kf7f8 Nc6e7 Kf8xe7 Qh7xg8 Rf6f8 Qg8h7 Ke7d8 Qh7g6 Bb2d4 Qg6g5+ Kd8c8 Ke2d3
    21/62	3:15:23	15.468.594,584	1.319.529	+1.67	Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Qc3xa5 Rb2xb7 Be3b6 Rb7b8 Qa5d2+ Kg2f1 g3g2+ Rg4xg2 Qd2xg2+ Kf1xg2 Rg8xb8 Nd3b4 Rb8g8 Nb4c6 Bb6d4 Kg2f1 Bd4b2 Kf1e2 Kf7f8 Nc6e7 Kf8xe7 Qh7xg8 Rf6f8 Qg8h7 Ke7d8 Qh7h4+ Kd8c8 Qh4g4+ Kc8d8 Ke2d3 Bb2a1
    21/62	3:43:32	16.764.427,057	1.250.022	+1.68	a5a6
    21/62	6:01:15	23.159.309,089	1.068.506	+4.02	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 c4c5 Ng7f5 Bg6xf5 Rg8xg4 f3xg4 Rf6f7 Qh7h6+ Qc3g7 Qh6xf4 Qg7f6 Kg2xg3 Ba7xc5 Bf5e6 Qf6xf4+ Nd3xf4 Rf7h7 Rb2b8+
    21/62	6:03:21	23.261.021,991	1.067.016	+4.02	a5a6 b7xa6 Ne1d3 Qe5c3 Ra2b2 Be3a7 Be4g6+ Kf7f8 c4c5 Ng7f5 Bg6xf5 Rg8xg4 f3xg4 Rf6f7 Qh7h6+ Qc3g7 Qh6xf4 Qg7f6 Kg2xg3 Ba7xc5 Bf5e6 Qf6xf4+ Nd3xf4 Rf7h7 Rb2b8+
   4/20/2009 5:19:18 AM, Time for this analysis: 12:30:00, Rated time: 3:43:32

1 of 1 matching moves
4/20/2009 5:19:19 AM, Total time: 2:01:03 AM
Rated time: 3:43:32 = 13412 Seconds
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MattieShoes
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

Post by MattieShoes »

If you're interested in what a crap engine thinks... My engine found a6 on ply 2, lost it on ply 10 for Nd3, then went back to a6 on ply 13 (35 seconds or so). It stayed with a6 through ply 16, at which point I killed the analysis :-)
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Dann Corbit
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Re: Vescovi-Shaked, Mermaid Beach Club 1997

Post by Dann Corbit »

MattieShoes wrote:If you're interested in what a crap engine thinks... My engine found a6 on ply 2, lost it on ply 10 for Nd3, then went back to a6 on ply 13 (35 seconds or so). It stayed with a6 through ply 16, at which point I killed the analysis :-)
Most engines follow a similar pattern, including the titans.
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