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Subject: Re: Hard Position for PCs?!

Author: William Bryant

Date: 13:14:33 11/28/99

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>Posted by Charlie GOLD on November 28, 1999 at 11:41:34:
>
> I would like to know what programs solve/do not solve the position below WHEN
>SET AT 40 MOVES IN 2 HOURS?    white side: Kg2, Qf3, Rb1, Ba2-c3, Pa3-b4-g4-h3;
> black side: Kg8, Ra8-f7, Bb6, Nb8-h6, Pa6-b7-c6-c2-f6-g5-h7. white is at the
>bottom of the board. I believe it is MATE IN SIX.
>   As an aside, the pieces are in the configuration 2000.   Yours, Charlie Gold

MacChess on my machine (G3/266) finds a mate in 53 seconds and the mate in 6 in
3 min 26 seconds (within reasonable time for a 40moves/2hours game).

Screamer finds a different mate (Mate in 7) in 1:31 seconds, but cannot find a
shorter mate in reasonable time.

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com



MacChess 5.0

rn4k1/1p3r1p/pbp2p1n/6p1/1P4P1/P1B2Q1P/B1p3K1/1R6 w - -

02/01|00:00:00|        1232|  -33| Bxf7+ Nxf7 Re1
02/04|00:00:00|        1729|  +90| Rc1 a5 Bxf7+ Nxf7 Rxc2 axb4 axb4
03/01|00:00:00|        2586|  +90| Rc1 a5 Bxf7+ Nxf7 Rxc2 axb4 axb4
03/16|00:00:00|        6114| +324| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Qxg5+
04/01|00:00:00|       13627| +505| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke8 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxh7+
05/01|00:00:00|       38608| +642| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3
06/01|00:00:00|       85930| +641| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3
Rf8
07/01|00:00:01|      212288| +727| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3
c1=Q Qd4+ Kc7 Rxc1
08/01|00:00:06|     2047778|+1021| Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Qe6+ Kd8 Qxf7 Nd7 Be6 Kc7
Qxd7+ Kb8 Re1
09/01|00:00:53|    16719231|+M8  | Qxf6 Kf8 Bxf7 Nxg4 hxg4 Nd7 Qd6+ Kxf7 Qxd7+
Kf8 Rf1+ Bf2 Rxf2+ Kg8 Qe6+
10/01|00:01:54|    34574633|+M7  | Qxf6 Kf8 Qd6+ Re7 Re1 Ng8 Bxg8 Kxg8 Rxe7 c1=Q
Rg7+ Kh8 Qf8+
11/01|00:02:26|    44103295|+M7  | Qxf6 Kf8 Qd6+ Re7 Re1 Ng8 Bxg8 Kxg8 Rxe7 c1=Q
Re8+ Kf7 Qe6+
12/01|00:03:26|    61100076|+M6  | Qxf6 Kf8 Qd6+ Re7 Re1 Ng8 Rxe7 Nxe7 Bf6 c1=Q
Qxe7+

12/32|00:03:53|    68312237| n/s:      293185
move-gen:22216650  eval:42076318  e/s:180585  ab-nodes:50817095
ab-move-gen:16199613  tt-hits:3208152  tt-cutoffs:2607234  ab-bf:3.137

search time               : 00:03:53
total nodes               : 68312237
nodes per second          : 293185
ab-nodes                  : 50817095
ab-nodes per second       : 218099
evaluations               : 42076318
evaluations per second    : 180585
move-generations          : 22216650
ab-move-generations       : 16199613
ttable-hits               : 3208152
ttable-cutoffs            : 2607234
ab-branching-factor       : 3.137

____________________

Screamer b43

Welcome to Screamer (Beta) 1.00  Build 43
Current Hash Table Size: 16384 K bytes
Current Pawn Hash Size: 4096 K bytes
Debug Control On
PVS Search
NULL move Search

New Board Position
rn4k1/1p3r1p/pbp2p1n/6p1/1P4P1/P1B2Q1P/B1p3K1/1R6 w - -
Move 1 W>>
PLY     NODES     TIME   SCORE  PV
____________________________________________
  5     11108     0:00   +6.44  Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3
  6     26445     0:00   +6.44  Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3
  7     86948     0:01   +6.56  Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Rxe3+ Kd8 Qxg5+ Kc7
						 Re7+ Rxe7 Qxe7+ Nd7
  8    503546     0:08   +8.87  Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Be3 Qxg5+ Kd7 Qxe3 c1=Q
						 Qxc1
  9   1241080     0:20  +10.67  Qxf6 Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Re1+ Kd7 Bxf7 Kc8 Qxh7 Nd7
						 Qxc2
  9   2660019     0:42  +11.17  Bxf7+
 10   5961315     1:31  +97.00  Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Re1+ Be3 Rxe3+ Kd7 Qg7+ Nf7
						 Qxf7+ Kd6
 11  11715885     2:54  +97.00  Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Re1+ Be3 Rxe3+ Kd7 Qg7+ Nf7
						 Qxf7+ Kd6 Be5++
 12  29789260     7:17  +97.00  Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Re1+ Be3 Rxe3+ Kd7 Qg7+ Nf7
  						 Qxf7+ Kd6 Be5++
 12  41361822    10:00  +97.00  Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Re1+ Be3 Rxe3+ Kd7 Qg7+ Nf7
						 Qxf7+ Kd6 Be5++
     Total Search Time: 10:00
     Move: Bxf7+








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