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Subject: Re: Mate in 1 - but Fritz 6 needs 1 hour!!!

Author: Colin Frayn

Date: 02:23:42 08/13/00

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On August 13, 2000 at 05:17:29, Colin Frayn wrote:

>Take this position for example;
>
>[D]4Q3/2p3p1/7p/p1k1B3/2p1P2P/2P3P1/1r2q3/6K1 w - -
>
>which ColChess searches *fully* to depth 13 ply in just over 3 seconds on my
>p3-450.  It is a mate in 9.  Crafty sees the mate quite early because of its
>advanced extensions, but after 30 seconds had still only just reached 11 ply in
>its search.  There are probably better examples where Crafty can't see the mate,
>and I unfortunately can't remember the board setup before this position, which I
>know to be one of them.

OK I found the game.  This is one position.  Unfortunately Crafty again sees the
mate using its impressive extension code, but ColChess manages to search 18 full
ply *completely* plus seeing the mate immediately at 19 ply in 46.7 seconds.
After this time, Crafty has just started searching the 13th ply.  See how Faile
does.

[D]6Q1/2p3p1/5k1p/p3n3/2pBP2P/2P3P1/1r2q3/6K1 w - -

Qf8+ is mate in 12.

Cheers,
Col



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