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Subject: Re: A Mate in 9 position, plus some 'interesting' timings...

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 08:17:39 05/17/99

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>Posted by Francis Monkman on May 16, 1999 at 20:10:14:
>
>Here's a good Mate in 9, which I've tried on a selection of engines:
>
>2n2r1k/1rqp2p1/2pR1p1p/1bP1p3/pP5R/P3P3/BB3PPP/3Q2K1 w - -
>
>The line goes:
>
>31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qh5  Kg7  33. Qg4+  Kh7  34. Rxf6  Bd3  (or 34. Bb1+)
>35. Rxf8  Bg6  36. Bg8+  Kg7  37. Rf7+  Kxg8  38. Qxg6+  Kh8  39. Rh7++
>
>Almost all find 31. Rh6+ more or less immediately, although Hiarcs 7 would
>probably play 31. Bxe5 (also winning) at blitz. Times for Mate in 9 (200MHz):
>
>Junior 5                             00:20
>LGG 2,0         00:27
>CSTal II                             00:27      (giving a score of +34.60,
>not sure what
>this means)
>CM6000          00:30   (approx)
>Hiarcs 7 (180 MHz)     01:10    "White can mate in 13", it says, and remains
>content.
>Genius 6                             01:30
>Crafty 16.6             03:00
>Fritz 5.32                           11:14      Interesting...
>Der Bringer               ?>30:00       Finds 31. Rxh6+ immediately -- I
>just love
>this GUI!

Rebel10.5 (default settings) needs 3 seconds on a PII-450.

Ed Schroder


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8 |     |     | *N  |     |     | *R  |     | *K  |
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7 |     | *R  | *Q  | *p  |     |     | *p  |     |
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6 |     |     | *p  |  R  |     | *p  |     | *p  |  Time    1 min\move
  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|  Hash    60 Mb
5 |     | *B  |  p  |     | *p  |     |     |     |  Engine  REBEL10.5
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4 | *p  |  p  |     |     |     |     |     |  R  |  anti-GM       Off
  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|  System Tiger  Off
3 |  p  |     |     |     |  p  |     |     |     |  Combination   Off
  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|  Style    Normal
2 |  B  |  B  |     |     |     |  p  |  p  |  p  |  Strength Strongest
  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|  Search   Normal Search
1 |     |     |     |  Q  |     |     |  K  |     |
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     a     b     c     d     e     f     g     h

2n2r1k/1rqp2p1/2pR1p1p/1bP1p3/pP5R/P3P3/BB3PPP/3Q2K1 w - -

00:00:00  1.00  -1.99  Ba2-e6 d7xe6 Rd6xe6 (0)
00:00:00  1.01  -1.85  Ba2-d5 Nc8xd6 c5xd6 Qc7xd6 (0)
00:00:00  1.02  -1.70  Bb2xe5 f6xe5 (0)
00:00:00  1.09  -1.03  Ba2-c4 Bb5xc4 Rh4xc4 Nc8xd6 Qd1xd6 (0)
00:00:00  1.11  -0.96  e3-e4 Nc8xd6 Qd1xd6 (0)
00:00:00  1.26  -0.93  Ba2-b1 Nc8xd6 Qd1xd6 (0)
00:00:00  1.30  -0.89  Rh4-g4 Nc8xd6 Qd1xd6 (0)
00:00:00  1.44  0.79  Rd6-d2 (0)
00:00:00  2.00  0.74  Rd6-d2 Nc8-e7 (0)
00:00:00  3.00  0.81  Rd6-d2 f6-f5 Ba2-c4 (0)
00:00:00  4.00  0.75  Rd6-d2 f6-f5 e3-e4 Nc8-e7 (0)
00:00:01  5.00  0.66  Rd6-d2 Rf8-d8 f2-f4 d7-d5 c5xd6ep Rd8xd6 Qd1-c2 (0)
00:00:01  6.00  0.66  Rd6-d2 Rf8-d8 f2-f4 d7-d5 c5xd6ep Rd8xd6 Qd1-c2 (1)
00:00:02  6.04  0.66  Rh4xh6+ (2)
00:00:02  6.04  3.22  Rh4xh6+ g7xh6 Qd1-h5 Kh8-g7 Qh5-g4+ Kg7-h7 Rd6xf6 (2)
00:00:05  7.00  Mate in 11 moves  Rh4xh6+ g7xh6 Qd1-h5 Kh8-g7 Qh5-g4+ Kg7-h7
Ba2-b1+ (3)

Positions                :         561.202
Nodes per second         :         112.240

Extensions (checks)      :          77.979 (13%)
Extensions (captures)    :           5.807 (1%)
Extensions (king safety) :           1.180 (0%)
Extensions (on depth)    :           7.594 (1%)
Extensions (remaining)   :           1.094 (0%)
Extensions (total)       :          93.654 (16%)

Hash Table               : 20.468  16.948  (3%)
Average depth            :  8
Deepest depth            : 57




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