Author: Pete Galati
Date: 16:24:32 01/21/01
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On January 21, 2001 at 19:17:18, Paul wrote: >On January 21, 2001 at 19:14:08, John Coffey wrote: > >>On January 21, 2001 at 16:56:42, Paul wrote: >> >>>On January 21, 2001 at 11:56:09, leonid wrote: >>> >>>>Hi! >>>> >>>>This mate position is very handy when you want to check the limits in your >>>>program. It is amusing also. Number of legal moves for both sides is slightly >>>>over one hundred. >>>> >>>> knq3q1/rq1q1qbQ/Qq2Q3/1Qn1Q2B/Q1qN1Q1r/4K1B1/1q4QR/1N1q3Q white to go. >>>> >>>>If you will solve, it will be nice if you will indicate your result. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Leonid. >>> >>>Hi again Leonid! >>> >>>It took my program 45 minutes ... phewwwwwww! >>>Here's the line, a mate in 12: >>> >>>1. Qxa7+ Qxa7 2. Qxa7+ Kxa7 3. Qeb6+ Ka8 4. Qgxb7+ Qdxb7 5. Qxb8+ Qxb8 >>>6. Qxb8+ Qxb8 7. Q6a5+ Na6 8. Qaxa6+ Qa7 9. Qg8+ Bf8 10. Qxf8+ Qe8+ >>>11. Qfxe8+ Qc8 12. Qxc8x >>> >>>I think I'm going to skip your next problem, that will be too difficult >>>for me ;) >>> >>>Greetings, >>>Paul >> >>Fritz 6 has been thinking for 3 hours and 45 minutes, shows no analysis and >>still says 1/1 ply. I wonder what is happening with the transposition table, >>:-). >> >>John Coffey > >:) > >It's the QSearch blowing up, you have to control that somehow ... >and that's easier when you're the author of the program in question :) > >Paul I'd try rebooting and try again. Something sounds broken with searching on a position for 3 hours and being at 1/1 ply. That's just not right (Louie Anderson impression). Pete
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