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Subject: Re: THIS IS worlds toughest mate in 4

Author: William Kerr

Date: 15:23:52 10/17/03

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On October 17, 2003 at 18:06:51, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>> 5R2/2K5/1pP5/4k2p/3pp3/2p4N/B4N1b/n1R1B2b w - - id BB #1217 mate in 4;
>
>Indeed, again very tough for a short mate in a more or less "natural" position.
>My current version of Yace on P4, 2.53 GHz:
>
>   1066457   1.398  18.49  8.  1.Nxh1 e3 2.Kxb6 d3 3.Bxc3+ Kd6 4.c7 Nb3 {1530}
>   1097288   1.433  18.89  9++ 1.Nxh1 e3 2.Kxb6 e2 3.Rxa1 c2 4.c7 c1=B 5.c8=Q
>                               Kd6 {2441}
>   1289618   1.668  18.93  9t  1.Nxh1 e3 2.Kxb6 Nb3 3.Bxb3 Ke4 4.c7 Bxc7+H
>                               5.Kxc7H Kd3H {2060}
>   1989257   2.747  18.94  9t+ 1.Rxa1 c2 2.Nxh1 e3 3.Kxb6 Ke4 4.c7H c1=BH
>                               5.c8=QH d3H {HT}
>   2571624   3.617  19.89  9++ 1.Rxa1 b5 2.Kb6 c2 3.Nxh1 d3 4.c7 Kd4 5.c8=Q
>                               Bc7+ 6.Qxc7 d2
>   3235290   4.625  22.16  9t  1.Rxa1 Bf3 2.Kxb6 h4 3.c7 Kd6 4.c8=QH Bg2H {HT}
>   9388998  12.240  Mat08  9++ 1.Rb1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 b5 {1360}
>   9666833  12.478  Mat06  9t  1.Rb1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 b5 3.Ng5 b4 4.Be6 d3H 5.Rxb4H
>                               c2H 6.Bc3#H {1440}
>   9714232  12.539  Mat06  9.  1.Rb1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 b5 3.Ng5 b4 4.Be6 d3 5.Rxb4 c2
>                               6.Bc3# {1440}
>  10150451  12.849  Mat06 10t  1.Rb1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 b5 3.Ng5 b4 4.Be6 d3 5.Rxb4 c2
>                               6.Bc3# {1440}
>  20444404  19.924  Mat05 10t+ 1.Ng5 Nb3 2.Bxb3 e3 3.Be6 Be4 4.Nfxe4 c2 5.Rf5#
>                               {1710}
>  20593677  20.054  Mat05 10t  1.Ng5 Nb3 2.Bxb3 Bg2H 3.Nd3+H exd3H 4.Rf5+H
>                               Kxf5+H 5.Kxb6H {HT} {600}
>  21239387  20.510  Mat05 10.  1.Ng5 Nb3 2.Bxb3 Bg2 3.Nd3+ exd3 4.Rf5+ Kxf5+
>                               5.Kxb6 {HT} {600}
>  24353899  23.709  Mat05 11t  1.Ng5 Nb3 2.Bxb3 Bg2 3.Ng4+ hxg4 4.Be6 Bf3H
>                               5.Rf5#H {1020}
>  26294371  24.932  Mat04 11t+ 1.Rxc3 Nb3 2.Rxb3 d3 3.Rxd3 exd3 4.Bc3# {1020}
>  26336819  24.972  Mat04 11t  1.Rxc3 Nb3 2.Rxb3 d3H 3.Rxd3H exd3H 4.Bc3#H
>                               {1020}
>  26852990  25.295  Mat04 11.  1.Rxc3 Nb3 2.Rxb3 d3 3.Rxd3 exd3 4.Bc3# {1020}
>  26922452  25.346  Mat04 12t  1.Rxc3 Nb3 2.Rxb3 d3 3.Rxd3 exd3 4.Bc3# {1020}
>
>So, 25 seconds. Depending on the verions of Yace I try - in general for my
>engine the mate in 3 I posted as a followup to your ather mate in 4 (it is from
>a discussion in the German CSS Forum), seems quite a bit harder. For many engine
>authors, mate problems might not be too interesting, when at depth 1 or 2
>already a score like +10 is seen. That of course should not sound like
>critisism.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

That mate in 3 you posted is indeed a mean chess position.

YacePdb on a AMD 1.7Ghz 2:58 anounced mate in 3
ruffian 1.0.5  38 sec m8, after 11 minutes still mate in 8


Bill





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