Robert Allgeuer wrote:In the Crafty (18.15) reference implementation MPC does not pay off. As a matter of interest I have included this Crafty MPC version in the YABRL rating list: 7 ELO or so improvement over the standard 18.15, hence no improvement.
The MPC version searches one or even two plies deeper, which is probably a gain, but MPC wrecks at the same time the engine?s tactical capabilities, which apparently "compensates" this gain.
Robert
Well, i've playing a little with MultiCut and it shows me different results. Sometimes it clear faster and sometimes not. Allso i must check about te tactical problems that comes with a short search. I allso added some own idea if we do a MultiCut and how many moves we should search.
After this it looks not bad for the beginning. Here are a testposition of my private collection:
FEN: 3r1rk1/1bq2ppp/pp1ppb2/N1n2P2/4P3/2N1BBQ1/1PPR2PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
Without MultiCut pruning:
1/16 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 (196.810) 341
2/02 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 (196.847) 341
3/03 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 (196.884) 341
4/17 0:00 0.00 1...Rde8 (210.088) 337
5/19 0:00 +0.50++ 1...Bxc3 (225.267) 337
5/19 0:00 +1.02 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 (239.564) 341
5/19 0:00 +1.02 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 (247.663) 338
6/19 0:00 +0.52-- 1...Bxc3 (259.023) 339
6/19 0:00 +0.48 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 (308.293) 353
7/21 0:01 -0.01 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 Nxe4 3.Bxe4 Bxe4 4.f6 g6 5.Qf4 Bxg2 6.Kxg2 bxa5 7.Rxd6 Rxd6 8.Rxd6 Qxc3 (469.038) 371
8/21 0:01 +0.47 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Bh6 f6 4.Rxd6 Rxd6 5.Rxd6 e5 6.Rd4 (596.732) 383
8/21 0:02 +0.47 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Bh6 f6 4.Rxd6 Rxd6 5.Rxd6 e5 6.Rd4 (805.861) 380
9/22 0:02 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Rf5 9.Rxe6 Bxc2 (1.080.298) 391
9/24 0:04 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Rf5 9.Rxe6 Bxc2 (1.719.515) 389
10/24 0:05 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (2.390.690) 417
10/26 0:12 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (5.314.001) 422
11/27 0:16 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (7.117.702) 426
11/27 0:21 +0.19 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (9.274.558) 424
12/28 0:44 +0.10 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Rf5 9.c4 Re5 (19.567.391) 438
12/28 1:12 +0.10 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Rf5 9.c4 Re5 (31.710.366) 436
13/29 1:38 +0.12 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (43.786.912) 444
With MultiCut pruning:
1/16 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 (196.810) 350
2/02 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 (196.847) 350
3/03 0:00 +1.15 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 (196.884) 350
4/17 0:00 0.00 1...Rde8 (210.088) 354
5/19 0:00 +0.50++ 1...Bxc3 (225.267) 354
5/19 0:00 +1.02 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 (239.564) 349
5/19 0:00 +1.02 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 (239.856) 349
6/19 0:00 +0.52-- 1...Bxc3 (251.109) 350
6/19 0:00 +0.48 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 (280.347) 352
7/21 0:01 -0.01 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 Nxe4 3.Bxe4 Bxe4 4.f6 g6 5.Qf4 Bxg2 6.Kxg2 bxa5 7.Rxd6 Rxd6 8.Rxd6 Qxc3 (460.769) 374
8/21 0:01 +0.48 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Bh6 (622.252) 383
8/21 0:02 +0.48 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Bh6 (908.182) 375
9/21 0:03 +0.75 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Bh6 Rfe8 5.Rxd6 Rxd6 6.Qxd6 Qxd6 7.Rxd6 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Rxa6 (1.233.098) 384
9/21 0:03 +0.75 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Bh6 Rfe8 5.Rxd6 Rxd6 6.Qxd6 Qxd6 7.Rxd6 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Rxa6 (1.523.078) 387
10/22 0:04 +0.75 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Bh6 Rfe8 5.Rxd6 Rxd6 6.Qxd6 Qxd6 7.Rxd6 Nxe4 (1.998.670) 400
10/23 0:06 +0.75 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Bh6 Rfe8 5.Rxd6 Rxd6 6.Qxd6 Qxd6 7.Rxd6 Nxe4 (2.756.170) 406
11/24 0:09 +0.31 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Rxd6 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Bxe4 8.Rxa6 Ra8 9.Rxa8+ Bxa8 10.Kf2 (4.073.462) 414
11/24 0:16 +0.31 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.f6 g6 4.Rxd6 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Bxe4 8.Rxa6 Ra8 9.Rxa8+ Bxa8 10.Kf2 (6.767.633) 414
12/25 0:23 +0.29 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Ra8 9.Rxe6 Bxc2 10.Re7 Rd8 (9.948.118) 424
12/25 0:36 +0.29 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Rxd6 4.Qxd6 Qxd6 5.Rxd6 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Bxe4 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.Rxa6 Ra8 9.Rxe6 Bxc2 10.Re7 Rd8 (15.205.220) 417
13/27 0:49 +0.14 1...Bxc3 2.bxc3 bxa5 3.Rxd6 Nxe4 4.Bxe4 Rxd6 5.Qxd6 Qxd6 6.Rxd6 Bxe4 (20.973.511) 421