Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 15:11:57 10/15/01
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On October 15, 2001 at 16:39:00, Terry McCracken wrote: >On October 15, 2001 at 14:41:11, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On October 14, 2001 at 11:28:53, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>The position is missing a couple of pawns, one crucial! >>> >>>[D]r1b2r2/1p1pNpkp/3pn1p1/2pN3P/2PnP3/q3QP2/p3BKP1/1R5R w - - bm Qh6+; >>> >>> >>>So the answer is *only* Qh6+!! >>> >>>Terry >> >> >>Complete line: >> >>1.Qh6+!! Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5 >> >> [2...Kg7 3.Rxh7#] >> >>3.Rh5+!! Kxh5 4.f4+! Qf3+ >> >> [4...Nxe2 5.Nf6+! Kh6 6.Rh1+ Qh3 7.Rxh3+ Kg7 8.Ne8+! Rxe8 9.Rxh7+ Kf6 >> (9...Kf8 10.Rxf7#) >> 10.Rxf7#] >> >>5.Bxf3+ Nxf3 6.Rh1+ Nh4 >> >> [6...Kg4 7.gxf3#] >> >>7.Nf6+ Kh6 8.Rxh4+ Kg7 9.Ne8+! Rxe8 10.Rxh7+ Kf6 >> >> [10...Kf8 11.Rxf7#] >> >>11.Rxf7# > >Yes I know, I use to practice solving long mates, and then see if my Chess >Challenger Mach III Master could solve them!:o) > >It's been 12 years but I think it could solve this one in 2 min. 45 sec. >I'd have to run it through to see if that is the correct time. > >I'm guessing today's programmes on fast hardware would do a mate like this >very very fast as it's all checks and captures. > >I should check it out on my meager PIII 500:o) > >Terry 2 min. 45 sec for your so old chessprogram is very good I think , was it a special mate level ? Hardware celeron@875 Mhz, 100 MB hash, 19 sec Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0: 1.Ta1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cb3 3.hxg6 hxg6 4.C3d5 Cxa1 5.Txa1 -+ (-3.48) Profondeur: 7 00:00:00 83kN 1.Tbd1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cf4 3.hxg6 a1D 4.Txa1 Txa1 5.Txa1 Cdxe2 6.gxf7 Rxf7 -+ (-3.44) Profondeur: 7 00:00:00 131kN 1.Tbf1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cf4 3.hxg6 a1D 4.Txa1 Txa1 5.Txa1 Cfxe2 6.gxf7 Rxf7 -+ (-3.40) Profondeur: 7 00:00:00 181kN 1.Ta1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cb3 3.hxg6 hxg6 4.g3 Cxa1 5.Txa1 Cd4 6.C3d5 -+ (-3.56) Profondeur: 8 00:00:01 237kN 1.Ta1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cb3 3.hxg6 hxg6 4.g3 Cxa1 5.Txa1 Cd4 6.C3d5 -+ (-3.56) Profondeur: 9 00:00:02 400kN 1.Ta1 Dxe3+ 2.Cxe3 Cb3 3.Cc2 Cxa1 4.Txa1 Cf4 5.hxg6 hxg6 6.g3 -+ (-3.74) Profondeur: 10 00:00:05 1042kN 1.Ta1 Dxe3+ 2.Rxe3 Cc2+ 3.Rf2 Cxa1 4.Txa1 Cd4 5.Cc3 Ta3 6.Cxc8 Txc8 7.Cxa2 -+ (-3.52) Profondeur: 11 00:00:15 3208kN 1.Dh6+ -+ (-2.84) Profondeur: 11 00:00:18 3753kN 1.Dh6+ Rxh6 2.hxg6+ Rg5 3.Th5+ Rxh5 4.f4+ Df3+ 5.Fxf3+ Cxf3 6.Th1+ Ch2 7.Cf6+ Rh6 8.Txh2+ Rg7 +- (#11) Profondeur: 11 00:00:19 4131kN 1.Dh6+ Rxh6 2.hxg6+ Rg5 3.Th5+ Rxh5 4.f4+ Df3+ 5.Fxf3+ Cxf3 6.Th1+ Ch2 7.Cf6+ Rh6 8.Txh2+ Rg7 +- (#11) Profondeur: 12 00:00:23 5026kN
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