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Subject: Re: Deep Shredder endgame blunder

Author: Larry Clark

Date: 18:17:24 05/31/01

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On May 31, 2001 at 13:32:44, James T. Walker wrote:

>Here is a position reached by Deep Shredder at G/60.  Deep Shredder had
>approximately 15 minutes on the clock when it took only 13 seconds to make the
>blunder (Athlon 900 360 M hash tables).
>(not sure if diagram will show up----haven't done it in a long time)
>
>[D]R7/8/3K4/8/7P/5P2/3p4/1k6 w - -
>
>Here Deep Shredder abandoned the perpetual check and played 75. Ke5 ??  Three
>moves later Deep Shredder announced "Mate in 53" on itself.  :(

New position
R7/8/3K4/8/7P/5P2/3p4/1k6 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 6:

1.Rb8+!
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 4/12   00:00:00  2kN
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 5/12   00:00:00  4kN
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 6/14   00:00:00  8kN
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 7/15   00:00:00  15kN, tb=7
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/16   00:00:00  28kN, tb=32
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9/18   00:00:00  51kN, tb=95
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 10/19   00:00:00  90kN, tb=268
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11/20   00:00:01  158kN, tb=634
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12/22   00:00:02  287kN, tb=1377
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 13/24   00:00:03  508kN, tb=2769
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 14/24   00:00:05  885kN, tb=5658
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 15/26   00:00:10  1502kN, tb=10737
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 16/28   00:00:17  2658kN, tb=19689
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:30  4728kN, tb=35255
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 18/35   00:00:56  8583kN, tb=62976
1.Rb8+ Kc2 2.Rc8+ Kb3 3.Rb8+ Kc2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 19/35   00:02:14  15659kN, tb=110111

(Clark, Las Vegas 31.05.2001)




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