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Subject: Re: Shredder 8 with nonsense mate in 153 announcement

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 01:13:35 01/17/04

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On January 16, 2004 at 19:48:08, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 16, 2004 at 19:06:21, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>
>>[D]2r1k1b1/pp4Q1/3p4/q5p1/4P3/1PN2P2/PP6/1K5R b - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Shredder 8:
>>
>>1. +- (#153): 33...Lf7 34.Th8+ Ke7 35.Txc8 d5 36.Sxd5+ Kd6 37.Dxf7 De1+ 38.Tc1
>>Dc3 39.bxc3 b5 40.Dxa7 Kc6 41.Dc7#
>>2. +- (#151): 33...Tc7 34.Dxg8+ Kd7 35.Sd5 Tc2 36.Th7+ Kc6 37.Dc8+ Dc7 38.Txc7+
>>Kb5 39.Kxc2 a5 40.Dxb7#
>>3. +- (#7): 33...De5 34.Dxg8+ Kd7 35.Th7+ De7 36.Txe7+ Kxe7 37.Dxc8
>
>Not ENTIRELY nonsense :-)....
>
>Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality on a P4-2.4, says:
>0:53	1/12	Mate11	14772706	1...Bf7 2.Rh8+ Ke7 3.Rxc8 Kd7 4.Rb8
>					Kc7 5.Qf8 Kc6 6.Qxf7 Qb4 7.Rc8+
>					Kb6 8.Nd5+ Ka6 9.Nxb4+ Kb6 10.Qc7+
>					Kb5 11.Qxb7+ Ka5 12.Nc6#
>
>jm


Of course not, mate is OK. But a line with a mate in 7 or 8 is announced as mate
in 153 or 151, looks like problems counting moves. ;-)



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