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Subject: Re: Those _not_ completed of the 16 {let's call them plies} challenge

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:49:14 09/29/00

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On September 29, 2000 at 13:28:26, Uri Blass wrote:

>On September 29, 2000 at 13:05:52, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On September 27, 2000 at 17:31:40, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Some of them have a highly polar ce, and I expect those are probably the easiest
>>>to complete.
>>>
>>>Not deep enough yet:
>>>[D] r1b2rk1/pp4p1/4pb1B/2P5/Pq2B3/1P6/2QP1P2/2KR2R1 w - - acd 14; acn
>>>-2039212006; ce 1352; pv Rxg7+ Bxg7 Bh7+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg6+ Kh8 Qh5 Qa3+ Kc2
>>>Qxc5+ Qxc5 Bd7 Qd4+ Kxh7 Qxd7+ Kg6 Qxe6+ Kh5 Qe5+ Rf5 Qxf5+ Kh6 Rh1+ Kg7 Rh7+
>>>Kg8 Rxb7; pm Rxg7+; bm Rxg7;
>>
>>I have completed 16 plies on this one:
>>
>>16   1838:27  Mat15   1. Rxg7+ Bxg7 2. Bh7+ Kh8 3. Bxg7+
>>                     Kxg7 4. Qg6+ Kh8 5. Qh5 Qa3+ 6. Kc2
>>                     Qxc5+ 7. Qxc5 Bd7 8. Qd4+ Kxh7 9. Qxd7+
>>                     Kg6 10. Qxe6+ Kh5 11. Qe5+ Rf5 12.
>>                     Qxf5+ Kh6 13. Rh1+ Kg7 14. Rh7+ Kg8
>>                     15. Qf7#
>>
>>Sorry it's not in EPD, as you would like.  But the answer is pretty interesting
>>I think. :)  I'm letting it search more now, to see if there's a shorter mate,
>>but I don't think it'll find one.
>>
>>Jeremiah
>
>You used the wrong program.
>
>I think that chessmaster6000 analyzed this problem and found mate in 13 or mate
>in 14 after some hours.
>
>I remember that I posted the main line some days ago.
>
>Uri

It was more time ago but I found the exact post of mate in 14

Chessmaster6000 found it in less than 10 minutes and I do not remember the exact
time.

The number of plies was not 16 plies but smaller but it is not important

look at http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?129981

Uri



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