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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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jhellis3 wrote:Certainly, if you have a version of SF which supports 6man nalimov TBs, you can use that :).
Already downloaded DTM 3-4-5 [7 GB]

Fritz 15 and Houdini supports Nalimov TBs.

What kind of performance can i expect in case i probe Nalimov 6-Men from USB 3.0 External HDD?

Of course 2 TB SSD will inflict better performance if you can afford it.

2 TB SSD can store 6-Men Nalimov + alot more personal stuff.
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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What kind of performance can i expect in case i probe Nalimov 6-Men from USB 3.0 External HDD?
I have no earthly idea, I don't have Nalimov TBs on my system...
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Nalimov performs better than syzygy in case using matefinder, that is atleast my observation.

The issue with syzygy is that even though stockfish recognize it as won position, it have to calculate DTM on its own.

4044: Barda=O - (+4046.12f5h8), Sjakkliv @2 1947
[d]b5qk/4Q1p1/5BP1/5K2/3p4/7n/7n/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Houdini 4 Pro x64:

1.Bxg7+ Qxg7 2.Qd8+ Qg8 3.Qxd4+ Qg7 4.Qh4+ Kg8 5.Qc4+ Bd5 6.Qxd5+ Kh8 7.Qd8+ Qg8 8.Qd4+ Qg7 9.Qh4+ Kg8 10.Qc4+ Kh8 11.Qc8+ Qg8 12.Qc3+ Qg7 13.Qxh3+ Kg8 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Qb8+ Qg8 16.Qxh2+
+- (#23) Depth: 34/58 00:00:06 178MN, tb=178149
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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1) It makes no sense to compare different engine outputs to measure the performance of TB implementations.

2) Obviously, TBs which support a DTM score are going to return an exact mate quicker than DTZ, all else being equal.

3) Neither SF nor SFMF support Nalimov TBs, and I do not have plans to do so. If you wish to discuss the efficacy of various TB implementations, please do so in another thread. This thread is, as the title suggest, for SFMF.


If you have a specific complaint or comment regarding SFMF, I am more than happy to answer it.
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Alright, i'll probably have to wait until Houdini 5 (Houdini currently supports Nalimov format)

In which scenario shall i enable "Study" parameter?

Is there any example positions to visualize the difference between stock settings and in case study is enabled.
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Nordlandia wrote:Nalimov performs better than syzygy in case using matefinder, that is atleast my observation.

The issue with syzygy is that even though stockfish recognize it as won position, it have to calculate DTM on its own.

4044: Barda=O - (+4046.12f5h8), Sjakkliv @2 1947
[d]b5qk/4Q1p1/5BP1/5K2/3p4/7n/7n/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Houdini 4 Pro x64:

1.Bxg7+ Qxg7 2.Qd8+ Qg8 3.Qxd4+ Qg7 4.Qh4+ Kg8 5.Qc4+ Bd5 6.Qxd5+ Kh8 7.Qd8+ Qg8 8.Qd4+ Qg7 9.Qh4+ Kg8 10.Qc4+ Kh8 11.Qc8+ Qg8 12.Qc3+ Qg7 13.Qxh3+ Kg8 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Qb8+ Qg8 16.Qxh2+
+- (#23) Depth: 34/58 00:00:06 178MN, tb=178149
(13.04.2016)
Actually , in game play Nalimov is defective since it fails to understand the 50 move rule. That has been demostrated in numerous posts on this site.
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Really impressive! Latest version beats Houdini 3 tactical in many testsuites e.g. Brilliant set and also in mate solving. Of course I set "study" always when SFMF is not for playing :wink: .
But this old position [D]1q1r3k/3P1pp1/ppBR1n1p/4Q2P/P4P2/8/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1 is still difficult, when Houdini solves instantly.
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Here one example showing matefinder name is well deserved. This is all 20 movers from Chest database (old version).

K4bk1/1r4p1/1qb2pnR/3p2NR/7r/7R/1p5n/QRRRRRRR w - - bm #20; 00:00;
1kr1n3/pp4nr/8/Q1PN1p2/6p1/5bPq/3R4/2BR2K1 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C3/R0/K6/P2/X5;
1r6/5q1r/1n4p1/2N2p2/p3p3/p1KpR1R1/b1B5/k7 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R1/K2/P1/X2;
2n4k/2KB1ppp/1p3p2/p5Q1/4p1N1/Pbpr4/1Br3PR/1n1q4 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R1/K3/P6/X25;
3K1B2/1p6/pp6/rk2N3/b1p5/1pP5/1P2P3/8 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K2/P1/X1;
3nn3/2p2p2/6p1/n1PB3n/3BK3/1P2N1P1/3pNPnk/3n3b w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C3/R0/K2/P1/X1;
3nn3/2p2p2/6p1/n1PB3n/3BK3/1P2NRP1/3pNPnk/3n3b w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C3/R0/K2/P1/X1;
4k3/2Q5/8/8/8/8/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K4/P1/X3;
4Q3/4p3/4b3/8/8/K7/p1r5/k7 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R0/K3/P3/X8;
5K2/k7/1R4p1/1R1P4/3P4/5b2/5b2/5nq1 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R1/K3/P0/X26;
6Qb/Pr5P/qP2b3/1R6/8/n6r/k6P/7K w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R1/K3/P5/X32;
7b/5p2/4pN1k/1p2P2P/1Pp5/K1p5/2P4B/8 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K2/P1/X1;
7k/prpp1K2/1P2p2q/7P/8/7p/3p3p/3Q4 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R4/K3/P7/X31;
7Q/prpp1K1P/np6/8/8/5p2/pN3p2/k1b2r1b w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R1/K4/P9/X23;
8/1N6/p1R3p1/p2k1prb/p4Kpb/p5p1/P3P1P1/8 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K2/P1/X1;
8/1R1B4/K1p5/2p5/2p3p1/B7/p1p2p2/k7 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R1/K2/P2/X8;
8/4p3/1K1pPp2/p2P1P2/BP2NP2/4p1p1/4pprb/4kbrn w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K3/P1/X2;
8/4p3/3pPp2/pK1P1P2/1P2NP2/4p1p1/2B1pprb/4kbrn w - - bm #20; Duals(2); 00:00 @ C2/R0/K3/P1/X4;
8/8/8/8/1Q6/3k4/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K4/P1/X3;
8/K1p1pN2/n1B3p1/2kP1p2/P3p1P1/1pP5/1p1N1p2/1r6 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R2/K2/P8/X23;
B2k4/KPpP4/n1Pb4/P5p1/5p2/5P2/8/8 b - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K3/P2/X2;
bbnK2Q1/8/1p1k4/r2P3q/P3P3/Pnp1p1p1/4PN2/8 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C3/R0/K3/P2/X2;
n2k4/1Kp2p2/2P2pp1/2B5/1p2R3/P2pp3/6p1/rb2bq2 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R1/K3/P11/X31;
nB6/2p1p3/1p2Pp2/1P2kp2/2Kp1N2/1PpP1pP1/2P2P2/8 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K2/P2/X3;
Q7/6p1/bp4p1/kp6/8/1P6/6p1/6Kb w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R0/K2/P4/X11;
qb6/n6P/3B4/p7/8/p7/p7/k2K4 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C2/R1/K3/P2/X3;
r7/4r1P1/3Knb2/1RNR3B/5k1q/3P4/2b3P1/5N2 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C0/R4/K2/P1/X1;
rR4r1/6P1/8/8/p5Q1/k7/1p2n2K/qb6 w - - bm #20; 00:00 @ C3/R0/K2/P2/X2;
8/8/6k1/Q7/8/8/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - - bm #20; 00:00+ @ C2/R0/K6/P1/X5;
8/6p1/p7/rp1K2p1/kb3pP1/2p2p1b/P1Np1P2/3N2R1 w - - bm #20; 00:01 @ C0/R0/K1/P3/X9;
bqB2n1r/1P2p2p/1p2p3/2P1RP1k/4Pr1P/1P3n2/Kp3Np1/b1B2N1R w - - bm #20; 00:01 @ C0/R1/K4/P9/X46;
8/8/2k5/8/3p4/Qp1p4/pp1p4/rrbK4 w - - bm #20; 00:02 @ C2/R0/K7/P1/X6;
2B4k/1r2B1p1/1P2p3/pN1bn3/R7/8/2Q1R1p1/K2n1q2 w - - bm #20; 00:14 @ C2/R1/K5/P7/X39;
4K3/p5p1/p5p1/P1p3P1/B1P5/2P4p/6np/3R2bk w - - bm #20; 00:18+ @ C0/R0/K1/P1/X9;
1K4kB/6P1/6P1/3r4/8/1R6/B1PP4/7R w - - bm #20; 02:16 @ C0/R0/K3/P0/X15;
8/2p4Q/8/8/p7/K6p/2r5/1k6 w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R16/K7/P4/X15;
8/p5p1/4p3/4Pp2/2R2P1K/3P1P2/pk1p4/qrbB4 w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R0/K3/P3/X5;
8/RB6/8/8/8/5bP1/4Nprp/5Kbk w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R0/K1/P2/X13;
Q1B5/P2Pn1p1/1rNpb3/2kn2p1/8/1P3P2/1NpBKPPp/b6q w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R3/K5/P9/X41;
qrb5/rk1p4/p2P4/Pp6/1N2n3/6p1/5nBb/5K2 w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R-12/K2/P3/X20; 00'29" (Gustav);
RN2r2k/6pP/6P1/5K2/8/8/6R1/8 w - - bm #20; --:-- @ C0/R-12/K4/P2/X14;
1rB2r1B/3pp1N1/3qp1n1/QRppp1K1/3b1Pp1/3bp3/4NPk1/1n1R4 w - - bm #20;
5K1k/1R1P4/8/b7/4r3/3B4/3p4/8 w - - bm #20;
7n/7P/8/8/8/7Q/5ppR/K4bkn w - - bm #20;
8/8/3p4/N2p4/1k6/p2K4/8/1B6 w - - bm #20;
qrr1b3/pn2p3/npppp1P1/4pP2/2P2BPp/PPN1P2B/4R2K/2k5 w - - bm #20;

I gave Houdini3 and SFMF one minute and 4 cores to solve. SF in study mode Houdini default (mate mode isn't better). Solved positions

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 1 SH
 2 SH
 3 SH
 4 SH
 5  H
 6 SH
 7 SH
 8 
 9 SH
10 SH
11 SH
12
13 SH
14 SH
15 S
16 SH
17 S
18 S
19  H
20 S
21 SH
22 SH
23 SH
24 
25 SH
26 SH
27 SH
28 SH
29 
30
31 SH
32 S
33 SH
34 
35 SH
36
37
38
39 SH
40 S
41 S
42  H
43
44 S
45
46
Stockfish solved 31 and Houdini 26. BTW position 15 is actually mate in 17 as SF says!

[D]8/1N6/p1R3p1/p2k1prb/p4Kpb/p5p1/P3P1P1/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by SF MF110416 64 bmi2:

+- (#17) Depth: 46/56 00:00:27 240mN, tb=36054
1.Rd6+ Kc4 2.Rd3 Kb4 3.Nd6 Kc5 4.Nf7 Kc6 5.Ne5+ Kc7 6.Rd1 Kc8 7.Rd7 Kb8 8.Nf7 Kc8 9.Re7 Kb8 10.Nd6 Ka8 11.Rc7 Kb8 12.Rb7+ Ka8 13.Rb1 Ka7 14.Nc4 Ka8 15.Nxa5 Ka7 16.Nc6+ Ka8 17.Rb8#
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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Jouni wrote: Stockfish solved 31 and Houdini 26. BTW position 15 is actually mate in 17 as SF says!
Yep, and ChestUCI confirms this (it even has 2 solutions):
8/1N6/p1R3p1/p2k1prb/p4Kpb/p5p1/P3P1P1/8 w - - bm #17; Duals(2); 00:44 @ C6/R0/K6/P1/X5;

Once again just a problem of how much you restrict the search ...

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Re: Stockfish MateFinder Update

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Rainbow Serpent can find the second solution but it takes a bit longer to see it is Mate in 17
8/1N6/p1R3p1/p2k1prb/p4Kpb/p5p1/P3P1P1/8 w - -

Engine: Rainbow Serpent 20162803_016 MP (i7 6700, 4 threads, 512 MB)
by T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott
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47/65 3:23 +M20 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rc1 Kd5
5.Rd1+ Ke6 6.Rd7 Kf6 7.Rd6+ Ke7
8.Rb6 Kd8 9.Rb7 Kc8 10.Rd7 Kb8
11.Re7 Kc8 12.Nf7 Kb8 13.Nd6 Ka8
14.Rd7 (1.639.460.072) 8062

48/65 3:57 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (1.897.371.917) 7977

49/65 5:25 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (2.557.058.387) 7862

50/65 6:55 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (3.250.978.107) 7827

51/65 9:42 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (4.513.097.906) 7754

52/65 12:02 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (5.587.711.526) 7732

53/65 17:39 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (8.142.465.466) 7688

54/65 24:28 +M19 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Ne5 Kd4 4.Rd6+ Kc3
5.Rd8 Kc2 6.Nc4 Kc3 7.Ne3 Kb4 8.Rc8 Kb5
9.Rc7 Kb6 10.Nd5+ Kb5 11.Nf6 Kb6
12.Ne8 Kb5 13.Nd6+ Kb6 14.Rc1 (11.184.819.885) 7614

55/65 32:12 +M17 1.Nd8 Kd4 2.Nf7 Kd5 3.Rd6+ Kc5 4.Rd3 Kc4
5.Ne5+ Kb4 6.e3 Kc5 7.Rd2 Kb4 8.Rc2 Kb5
9.Nf7 Kb4 10.Rc7 Kb5 11.Nd6+ Kb6
12.Rc1 Ka7 13.Rb1 Ka8 14.Nc4 (14.679.922.043) 7597

best move: Nb7-d8 time: 32:59.203 min n/s: 7.597.611 nodes: 15.032.880.677
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