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Subject: Re: Snatching victory from the mouth of defeat. Does your program see?

Author: Hans Havermann

Date: 18:37:26 05/18/99

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On May 13, 1999 at 16:05:30, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Here are some [not terribly difficult] won positions:
>1rq5/p3kp2/2Bp1p2/1P2p1r1/QP3n2/2P5/5PPP/R4RK1 b - -
>1rr3k1/4ppb1/2q1bnp1/1p2B1Q1/6P1/2p2P2/2P1B2R/2K4R w - -
>2n4k/r6p/4BK2/p7/8/4p2n/1B6/8 w - -
>3b4/p3P1q1/P1n2pr1/4p3/2B1n1Pk/1P1R4/P1p3KN/1N6 w - -
>3b4/pK1Rp3/1p5p/k2p4/8/PP6/6p1/8 w - -
>3n4/8/n6p/2p2K1k/1b6/2p3P1/2B1p3/8 w - -
>3q1rk1/4bp1p/1n2P2Q/3p1p2/6r1/Pp2R2N/1B4PP/7K w - -
>3r2r1/1k1b3n/1pp2q1b/3P1Np1/R4pp1/1Q3R1P/1PP5/2B4K w - -
>5r1k/1p1b1p1p/p2ppb2/5P1B/1q6/1Pr3R1/2PQ2PP/5R1K w - -
>r3k3/ppp2N2/3p1n2/2b1p3/2BnP1b1/2NP2p1/PPPQ1PPr/R4RK1 b q -
>r5k1/7p/2pP2pP/1p6/1q3B2/1p2Q1P1/1P6/rNK1R2R b - -
>Can your program find the mates?

With the exception of the first one (M12, 10.5 minutes) and the sixth one (M9,
4.5 minutes), MacChess 5.0.1 (G3, 300 MHz, 32 Mb hash) finds mates (not
necessarily the shortest) in 11 seconds or less.



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