Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:51:25 01/29/01
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On January 29, 2001 at 11:45:27, leonid wrote:
>On January 29, 2001 at 08:17:16, Paul wrote:
>
>>On January 29, 2001 at 06:44:48, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>If you would like to solve one "average" mate position, here you have one.
>>>
>>>[D]1rQbkrQn/2qnrnqB/1Bbqbqn1/1N2Q2N/2N1n1NQ/3Q1Q2/3RQR2/4K3 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>If you happened to have one forced mate position from real chess competition
>>>(human player), please indicate it here. If you will do this, try not forget to
>>>to say by who it was played.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>
>Hi, Paul!
>
>I went to see this position in 8 moves. Mate really existe in 8, like you said,
>and mine moved: White Knight B5-D6. I have no idea about 7 moves. See 7 moves by
>brute force can take very long time for my program. When I solved position with
>selective search for 8, it already took 6 min 41 sec. Brute force for 7 can take
>easely few hours.
>
>Greetings from Montreal,
>Leonid.
Crafty v18.1 while other thing were running on the computer
7 2:37 Mat08 1. Ncxd6+ Qxd6 2. Nxd6+ Nfxd6 3. Ngxf6+
Qxf6 4. Qfxf6 Rxg8 5. Qxe7+ Nxe7 6.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 7. Qxe6+ Kxe6 8. Qxd6#
Don't know what it would have seen if I let it run longer.
Pete
>
>
>
>>Believe me, I tried to resist ... but just can't :)
>>
>>Leonid, mine found a Mate in 8:
>>
>>04:19 WM8 08 1. Ncxd6+ Qxd6 2. Nxd6+ Nfxd6 3. Ngxf6+ Qxf6 4. Qfxf6 Rxg8 5. Qxe7+
>>Nxe7 6. Qxe7+ Kxe7 7. Qxe6+ Kxe6 8. Qxd6x
>>
>>Still grateful to the guy who invented EPD.
>>
>>Greetings,
>>:Paul
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