Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

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swami
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Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by swami »

How long does it take for your engine to find Rxh5.

This game is from the tournament Round 1 played today at Delhi.

[d] r1b2r2/2qp1pk1/p1nNn1p1/1p2P2p/1P1p3R/P4N2/5PPP/R1Q2BK1 w - - 0 24

All engines (except Ivanhoe) I have tried failed to solve it in 1 minute.

It should interesting to see which one solved it in less time under your specified hardware.
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by royb »

swami wrote:How long does it take for your engine to find Rxh5.

This game is from the tournament Round 1 played today at Delhi.

[d] r1b2r2/2qp1pk1/p1nNn1p1/1p2P2p/1P1p3R/P4N2/5PPP/R1Q2BK1 w - - 0 24

All engines (except Ivanhoe) I have tried failed to solve it in 1 minute.

It should interesting to see which one solved it in less time under your specified hardware.
Stockfish 1.7.1 (1 CPU) finds it easily on my 3 GHz laptop (9.81 secs):

1 +2.42 24.Be2 (1.11)
2 +0.20 24.Be2 Kg8 (1.11)
2 +1.29 24.Nxd4 Kg8 (1.11)
3 +1.25 24.Nxd4 Kg8 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Qxc6 dxc6 (1.11)
4 +1.21 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 f6 (1.11)
5 +1.05 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rc1 Nd5 (1.12)
6 +1.25 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rc1 Nd5 28.Rd4 (1.12)
6 +1.37 24.Nxd4 Qd8 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Re4 Kh7 27.Be2 (1.12)
7 +1.21 24.Nxd4 Qd8 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Re4 Kh7 27.Be2 Qb6 (1.13)
8 +1.17 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb6 26.Rd5 Nxe5 27.Nf5+ gxf5 28.Rxe5 Qf6 (1.16)
9 +1.05 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb8 26.Rd5 Nxe5 27.Bd3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Kh7 (1.19)
9 +0.92 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb8 26.Rd5 Nxe5 27.Bd3 f6 (1.21)
9 +0.68 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb8 26.Rd5 Nxe5 27.Bd3 f6 (1.22)
9 +1.13 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rc1 Ne6 28.Re4 f6 29.exf6+ Kxf6 30.Bd3 (1.28)
10 +1.05 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rc1 Ne6 28.Re4 f6 29.exf6+ Kxf6 30.Bd3 Kg7 (1.30)
10 +0.96 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rc1 Ne6 28.Re4 f6 29.exf6+ Kxf6 30.Bd3 Kg7 (1.32)
10 +0.96 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 f6 29.Rc4 Ne6 30.exf6+ Kxf6 31.Bd3 Kg7 32.Nxc8 Raxc8 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Rxa6 (1.34)
11 +1.09 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 f6 29.Rc4 Ne6 30.f4 Rb8 31.Bd3 fxe5 32.fxe5 Nf4 33.Nf5+ gxf5 34.Rxf4 (1.43)
12 +0.88 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb8 26.Nf5+ Kg8 27.Rd6 Nxe5 28.Qg5 f6 29.Ne7+ Kg7 (1.60)
12 +1.01 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 f6 29.Rc4 Ne6 30.f4 Rb8 31.Nxc8 Rfxc8 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rxa6 Nxf4 34.Rxf6 Nd5 35.Rd6 (1.78)
13 +1.05 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Ne6 29.Rc4 Rb8 30.f4 Bb7 31.Nxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxa6 Rfb8 33.f5 gxf5 (2.09)
14 M8 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb6 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.Qxf5+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kh7 30.Qxh5+ Kg8 31.Rg4# (2.37)
14 +1.21 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.Rd4 f6 28.Nxc8 Raxc8 29.Rxd7+ Rf7 30.exf6+ Kxf6 31.Rd6+ Kg7 32.Bd3 (2.44)
14 +1.09 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Ne6 29.Rc4 Rb8 30.h4 f6 31.f4 f5 32.Ra3 Rh8 33.Nxc8 Rhxc8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bxa6 (2.52)
15 +1.09 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Ne6 29.Rc4 Rb8 30.Be2 f6 31.f4 fxe5 32.fxe5 Nf4 33.Bf1 g5 34.Ra3 Bb7 35.Nxb7 Rxb7 36.Rxa6 Rbb8 (4.46)
16 +1.17 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb6 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.Qxf5+ Kh8 29.Qxh5+ Kg7 30.Qg5+ (5.07)
16 +1.09 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Ne6 29.Rc4 Rb8 30.Be2 f6 31.f4 fxe5 32.fxe5 Nf4 33.Bf1 g5 34.Ra3 Bb7 35.Nxb7 Rxb7 36.Rxa6 Rbb8 37.Rc7 (5.17)
17 +1.17 24.Nxd4 Nexd4 25.Rxd4 Qb6 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.Qxf5+ Kh8 29.Qxh5+ Kg7 30.Qg5+ (6.82)
17 +1.25 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 f6 28.axb5 fxe5 29.b6 Nd5 30.b7 Bxb7 31.Nxb7 Rxf3 32.Ra5 (7.71)
17 +1.01 24.Nxd4 Ncxd4 25.Qxc7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Nxc7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Ne6 29.Bd3 f6 30.f4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Ng5 (8.18)
17 +1.41 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qh6 f6 27.exf6 d5 28.Ng5 Rf7 29.Qg6+ Kf8 30.Qxh5 (9.81)
17 +1.73 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qh6 d3 27.Bxd3 (10.27)
17 +2.38 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qh6 d3 27.Bxd3 (11.18)
17 +3.67 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qh6 d3 27.Bxd3 (12.98)
17 M9 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qh6 d5 27.exd6 Qd8 28.Bd3 Re8 29.Ne7+ Nxe7 30.dxe7 Rxe7 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8# (14.42)
17 +5.85 24.Rxh5 Nxe5 25.Qh6+ Kf6 26.Ne4+ Ke7 27.Rxe5 Bb7 28.Rc1 Qb6 29.Qh4+ f6 30.Bd3 Rf7 31.Neg5 fxe5 32.Nxf7+ g5 33.N7xg5 Nxg5 34.Qxg5+ Qf6 35.Qxe5+ Qxe5 36.Nxe5 Ke6 37.f4 d6 38.Nf7 Kxf7 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rxb7 Rh8 41.g4 Ke6 (30.95)
18 +6.58 24.Rxh5 Nxe5 25.Qh6+ Kf6 26.Ne4+ Ke7 27.Rxe5 Bb7 28.Rc1 Qb6 29.Nfg5 Bxe4 30.Nxe4 Rg8 31.Qh4+ Kf8 32.Re1 Re8 33.Bd3 Qd8 34.Qh6+ Rg7 35.Nd6 Kg8 36.Nxe8 Qxe8 37.Qh4 d6 38.Rd5 (82.29)
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by BBauer »

Stockfish finds Rxh5 in 31 sec onan AMD 5200+ X2 computer.
2 procs are used.

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19 +161 1560 26405041 Nxd4 Nexd4 Rxh5 gxh5 Qg5+ Kh8 
19 +165 2043 36419836 Nxd4 Ncxd4 Qxc7 Nxc7 Rxd4 Ne6
20 +157 2417 43827631 Nxd4 Ncxd4 Qxc7 Nxc7 Rxd4 Ne6
20 +210 3053 55643141 Rxh5 gxh5 Nf5+ Kg8 Bd3 d5 exd6 
20 +254 3366 61459086 Rxh5 gxh5 Nf5+ Kg8 Bd3 f6 Qh6 
20 +343 4043 74168739 Rxh5 Kg8 Nf5 gxf5 Qh6
20 +521 4448 81665640 Rxh5 Kg8 Nf5 d3 Qh6 gxh5 Bxd3 
20 +626 10544 192964684 Rxh5 Nxe5 Qh6+ Kf6 Ne4+ Ke7
21 +634 12076 221562993 Rxh5 Nxe5 Qh6+ Kf6 Ne4+ Ke7
22 +735 18226 335858112 Rxh5 Nxe5 Qh6+ Kf6 Ne4+ Ke7
23 +727 19886 367336083 Rxh5 Nxe5 Qh6+ Kf6
kind regards
Berhard
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by swami »

It did take about 1 minute for Stockfish because I have this system configuration:

Q6600, 32 bits, 2.4 GHZ ,Engine used 4 CPU and 128 Mb RAM

Have you tried engines other than Stockfish? (Shredder, Zappa, Naum, Fritz, Junior, Hiarcs etc) -- Would be interested to know which one solved it and which ones failed to do so in 2 minutes.

From my test still in progress: Among the ones that were able to solve it in under 120 seconds

Bright 10 Seconds
Spark 46 Seconds
Loop 48 Seconds
Colossus2008b 97 Seconds
Komodo 106 Seconds
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by GARGAMEL »

Hello

here are my results from:


Deep Shredder 12 x64:

1.Kh1 Lb7 2.Ld3 f6 3.Dc2 f5 4.Td1 Kh7
+/= (0.45) Tiefe: 6/20 00:00:00 124kN
+/= (0.39) Tiefe: 7/23 00:00:00 337kN
1.Sxd4 Dd8 2.Sxe6+ fxe6 3.Te4 Db6 4.Dd2 Lb7
+/- (1.02) Tiefe: 7/23 00:00:00 476kN
+/- (1.02) Tiefe: 13/38 00:00:01 8408kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Tc1 Db6 6.Sfg5 Lxe4 7.Sxe4 d6 8.Dh4+ f6 9.Dh7+ Tf7 10.Txe6+ Kxe6 11.Sg5+
+- (5.28) Tiefe: 13/46 00:01:02 306mN
+- (5.28) Tiefe: 17/17 00:01:02 306mN


Spark-0.3a:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sxc7 3.Txd4 Se6 4.Td5 Ta7 5.a4 Lb7 6.Sxb7 Txb7 7.axb5 axb5 8.Tad1 Tfb8 9.Txd7 Txd7 10.Txd7 Sf4 11.g3
+/- (1.16) Tiefe: 6/7 00:00:00 18kN
+- (1.50) Tiefe: 18/32 00:00:07 92387kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Tc1 Db8 6.Df4 Lxe4 7.Dxe4 Th8 8.Sxd4 Kf6 9.f4 Db6 10.Tec5 Kg7 11.De5+ f6 12.Sxe6+ Dxe6 13.Dxe6 dxe6 14.Tc7+ Kh6
+- (1.66) Tiefe: 18/34 00:00:08 108mN
+- (4.16) Tiefe: 21/52 00:00:37 553mN


Zappa Mexico II:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sxc7 3.Txd4 Se8 4.Sxc8 Txc8 5.Txd7 Sc7 6.Tad1 Se6 7.f3
+/- (1.15) Tiefe: 10/31 00:00:01 1516kN
+/- (1.26) Tiefe: 13/39 00:00:02 8585kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Tc1 Db8 6.Df4 Lxe4 7.Dxe4 Tc8 8.Txc8 Dxc8 9.Sxd4 Dd8 10.f4 Kf8 11.f5 gxf5 12.Sxf5
+- (4.63) Tiefe: 13/45 00:00:05 23892kN
+- (5.30) Tiefe: 14/47 00:00:18 82804kN


Deep Fritz 10:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sxc7 3.Txd4 f6 4.Te4 fxe5 5.Txe5 Tf4 6.Tae1 Td4 7.Te7+ Kf6 8.Tf7+ Kg5 9.Se4+ Kh6 10.f4
+- (1.45) Tiefe: 8/26 00:00:00 250kN
+/- (1.39) Tiefe: 10/23 00:00:00 1338kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Tc1 Db8 6.Dh7
+/- (1.39) Tiefe: 10/30 00:00:00 2352kN
+- (5.54) Tiefe: 16/40 00:00:04 47527kN

Deep Hiarcs 12:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sxc7 3.Txd4 Se8 4.Tc1 Sxd6 5.Txd6 f6 6.Ld3 fxe5 7.Txg6+ Kf7 8.Tg5 d6 9.Tc7+ Ke6
+- (1.47) Tiefe: 9/28 00:00:00 694kN
+- (1.70) Tiefe: 12/35 00:00:01 3930kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Te1 Th8 6.Dg5+ Kf8 7.Df6 Kg8 8.Sfg5
+- (1.71) Tiefe: 12/35 00:00:01 5524kN
+- (4.91) Tiefe: 15/42 00:00:12 42687kN


Deep Junior 11.1a UCI:

1.g4 Sxe5 2.Sxe5 Dxd6 3.f4 Th8
=/+ (-0.68) Tiefe: 6 00:00:00 19kN
1.Sg5 Dd8 2.Sxe6+ fxe6 3.Tf4 Sxe5 4.Txd4
+/= (0.58) Tiefe: 6 00:00:00 33kN
1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sf3+ 3.gxf3 Sxc7 4.Td1 Se8 5.Se4 Sc7 6.f4 Se6 7.Sd6 f6
+/- (1.10) Tiefe: 6 00:00:00 53kN
+/- (1.10) Tiefe: 18 00:00:03 69476kN
1.Txh5!
+- (1.56) Tiefe: 18 00:00:10 210mN
+- (1.99) Tiefe: 19 00:00:23 488mN


FireBird 1.2 x64:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sf3+ 3.gxf3 Sxc7 4.Tc1 Se6 5.Lh3 f5 6.f4 Sd4 7.Kg2 Td8 8.Kf1 Sf3 9.Lg2 Lb7 10.Th3 Sd2+ 11.Kg1 Lxg2 12.Kxg2 Se4 13.Td3
+/= (0.45) Tiefe: 6 00:00:00 20kN
+/- (0.94) Tiefe: 17 00:00:01 10261kN
1.Txh5! Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Tc1 Db8 6.Te1 Th8 7.Dg7 Lxe4 8.T5xe4 Tg8 9.Dxd4 Dd6 10.Db2 Kf8 11.Th4 Te8 12.Th7 Sf4 13.Txe8+ Kxe8 14.Se5 Tf8 15.g3 Se6 16.Dc3
+/- (0.96) Tiefe: 17 00:00:03 22655kN
+- (4.32) Tiefe: 17 00:00:21 199mN


Naum 4.2:

1.Sxd4 Scxd4 2.Dxc7 Sxc7 3.Txd4 Se6 4.Th4 Tb8 5.f4 Lb7 6.Td1 f5 7.exf6+ Txf6 8.f5
+/- (1.37) Tiefe: 6/20 00:00:00 34kN
+/- (1.04) Tiefe: 15/31 00:00:01 5722kN
1.Txh5 Sxe5 2.Dh6+ Kf6 3.Se4+ Ke7 4.Txe5 Lb7 5.Te1 Tg8 6.Tc1 Db6 7.Sfg5 Lxe4 8.Sxe4
+/- (1.05) Tiefe: 15/39 00:00:01 8336kN
+- (4.49) Tiefe: 15/51 00:00:07 68900kN

regards Anton
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by metax »

ProDeo 1.5 is faster than Stockfish on my Core 2 Duo laptop:


r1b2r2/2qp1pk1/p1nNn1p1/1p2P2p/1P1p3R/P4N2/5PPP/R1Q2BK1 w - -

Engine: ProDeo 1.5 (0 MB)
by Ed Schroeder

9.01 0:01 +1.02 1.Nxd4 Ncxd4 2.Qxc7 Nxc7 3.Rxd4 f6
4.exf6+ Rxf6 5.Re1 Ne6 6.Rde4 (1.854.263) 1854

10.01 0:04 +1.00 1.Nxd4 Ncxd4 2.Qxc7 Nxc7 3.Rxd4 Ne8
4.Rc1 Nxd6 5.Rxd6 Re8 (5.180.844) 1295

11.01 0:07 +0.92 1.Nxd4 Ncxd4 2.Qxc7 Nf3+ 3.gxf3 Nxc7
4.Rc1 Ne6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Rc2 Rb8 (9.773.982) 1396

11.16 0:12 +0.92 1.Rxh5 (17.724.797) 1477

11.16 0:23 +3.10 1.Rxh5 gxh5 2.Nf5+ Kg8 3.Qh6 f6
4.exf6 Kf7 5.N3h4 Ke8 6.Ng7+ Kd8
7.Nxe6+ dxe6 8.Qxf8+ Kd7 9.Ng6 (31.866.605) 1385

12.01 1:02 +4.30 1.Rxh5 Nxe5 2.Qh6+ Kf6 3.Ne4+ Ke7
4.Rxe5 d6 5.Rc1 (84.931.985) 1369

best move: Rh4xh5 time: 1:08.936 min n/s: 1.369.870 nodes: 84.931.985
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by swami »

Thanks for the results, Stadlhofer . :)

You must have a really superior hardware. Reaching extremely high depths in matter of few seconds.

So, I see that Shredder is the only one that took over 1 minute to find it. It appears to do better than most of other engines in different tough puzzles.
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by David Dahlem »

Damirs Positional Player 01:

17/44 00:22 11.934.294 543.233 +1.06 Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 Qc1xc7 Nd4f3+ g2xf3 Ne6xc7 Ra1c1 Nc7e6 f3f4 f7f6 f4f5 g6xf5 Rh4xh5 Ne6d4 e5xf6+ Kg7g6 Rh5h3 Kg6xf6 Rc1d1 Rf8g8+ Bf1g2 Nd4e2+ Kg1f1 Rg8xg2 Rh3h6+ Rg2g6 Rh6xg6+ Kf6xg6 Kf1xe2 Ra8b8 Rd1g1+ Kg6f6
17/51 00:40 21.163.732 531.378 +1.14 Rh4xh5
17/51 00:43 23.000.608 529.321 +1.22 Rh4xh5
17/51 00:48 25.289.069 526.165 +1.34 Rh4xh5
17/51 00:55 28.828.307 521.335 +1.52 Rh4xh5
17/60 01:10 36.406.388 518.011 +1.79 Rh4xh5
17/60 01:25 43.956.891 514.302 +2.19 Rh4xh5
17/60 01:50 56.421.542 514.166 +2.79 Rh4xh5
17/71 02:36 80.469.989 515.625 +3.69 Rh4xh5
17/71 04:21 137.080.779 525.717 +4.69 Rh4xh5 Nc6xe5 Qc1h6+ Kg7f6 Nd6e4+ Kf6e7 Rh5xe5 Bc8b7 Ra1c1 Qc7b8 Rc1e1 Rf8h8 Qh6g7 Bb7xe4 Re5xe4 Rh8h5 Nf3h4 Qb8e8 g2g3 d4d3 Bf1xd3 Ke7d6 Qg7f6 Kd6c7 Re4f4 Rh5h7 Rf4d4 Ra8c8 a3a4 Kc7b7 a4xb5
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by yanquis1972 »

hmm, not sure why you had such poor results. all the top engines i tried solved it in under a minute (often welll under a minute) on 1 core @ 3GHz.
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Re: Tough Test Position (from Today's Game): Rxh5!!

Post by bob »

swami wrote:How long does it take for your engine to find Rxh5.

This game is from the tournament Round 1 played today at Delhi.

[d] r1b2r2/2qp1pk1/p1nNn1p1/1p2P2p/1P1p3R/P4N2/5PPP/R1Q2BK1 w - - 0 24

All engines (except Ivanhoe) I have tried failed to solve it in 1 minute.

It should interesting to see which one solved it in less time under your specified hardware.
Did you try Crafty? On my 3-year old 8-core box:

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               14     4.98   1.23   1. Nxd4 Ncxd4 2. Qxc7 Nf3+ 3. gxf3
                                    Nxc7 4. Rc1 Ne6 5. Bd3 Rb8 6. Be4 Nd4
                                    7. Rc7 Ne6 8. Rc3
               14     6.36     +1   1. Rxh5!                          
               14     6.62     +3   1. Rxh5!                          
               14     7.67   4.56   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 d6 5. Rc1 Qa7 6. Qh4+ f6 7.
                                    Rd5 Bb7 8. Rxd6 Bxe4 9. Rxe6+ Kxe6
                                    10. Qxe4+ Kf7 11. Nxd4
               14->   7.67   4.56   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 d6 5. Rc1 Qa7 6. Qh4+ f6 7.
                                    Rd5 Bb7 8. Rxd6 Bxe4 9. Rxe6+ Kxe6
                                    10. Qxe4+ Kf7 11. Nxd4 (s=2)
               15     7.91     +1   1. Rxh5!                          
               15     9.01   5.16   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Rac8 6. Nxd4 Bxe4
                                    7. Rxe4 Qc3 8. Rae1 Ke8 9. Qh7 <HT>
               15->   9.23   5.16   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Rac8 6. Nxd4 Bxe4
                                    7. Rxe4 Qc3 8. Rae1 Ke8 9. Qh7 <HT>
               16    11.18   5.11   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Rad8 6. Qf6+ Ke8
                                    7. Nxd4 Bxe4 8. Rxe4 Rc8 9. Re5 Rd8
                                    10. Nxe6 dxe6
               16->  11.48   5.11   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Rad8 6. Qf6+ Ke8
                                    7. Nxd4 Bxe4 8. Rxe4 Rc8 9. Re5 Rd8
                                    10. Nxe6 dxe6
               17    15.98   5.46   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Bxe4 6. Rxe4 Qc2
                                    7. Qxd4 f5 8. Re3 Ke8 9. Qc3 Rc8 10.
                                    Qg7
               17->  16.70   5.46   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qg7 Bxe4 6. Rxe4 Qc2
                                    7. Qxd4 f5 8. Re3 Ke8 9. Qc3 Rc8 10.
                                    Qg7
Or on my dual-core (but faster core-2) laptop:

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               14    11.47     +1   1. Rxh5!                    
               14    12.13     +3   1. Rxh5!                    
               14    14.65   4.19   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Qxf8 Nxf8
                                    4. Ne8+ Ke7 5. Nxc7 gxh5 6. Nxa8 Nxf3+
                                    7. gxf3 Ne6 8. Nb6 Bb7 9. Be2
               14->  14.65   4.19   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Qxf8 Nxf8
                                    4. Ne8+ Ke7 5. Nxc7 gxh5 6. Nxa8 Nxf3+
                                    7. gxf3 Ne6 8. Nb6 Bb7 9. Be2 &#40;s=2&#41;
               15    16.70     +1   1. Rxh5!                    
               15    18.32   4.92   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qf4 Qb6 6. Qf6+ Ke8
                                    7. Nxd4 Bxe4 8. Rxe4 Rd8 9. Nxe6 dxe6
               15->  19.30   4.92   1. Rxh5 Nxe5 2. Qh6+ Kf6 3. Ne4+ Ke7
                                    4. Rxe5 Bb7 5. Qf4 Qb6 6. Qf6+ Ke8
                                    7. Nxd4 Bxe4 8. Rxe4 Rd8 9. Nxe6 dxe6