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Subject: Re: Forced mate to solve... (is #7)

Author: leonid

Date: 14:44:07 01/29/01

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On January 29, 2001 at 17:15:16, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>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.
>
>Yes, that one is a bit tough.  Chest used 3.1 hours on a K6-3/400 with 60MB
>hash, but managed to find a mate in 7.  Four mates to be exact:


Thanks, Heiner! You always is of great help!

Leonid.


>Ncxd6+ Qxd6 Qhxf6  Qxg8 Nc7+   Qxc7 Qxe7+ Kxe7  Qff6+ Ke8   Qfxe6+ Ne7  Qxe7#
>Ngxf6+ Qxf6 Qxg6   Qxg6 Ncxd6+ Qxd6 Nxd6+ Nexd6 Ng7+  Qxg7  Qxe7+  Kxe7 Qxe6#
>Qfxf6  Rxg8 Ncxd6+ Qxd6 Qxg7   Rxg7 Nxd6+ Nexd6 Qxg7  Bxg4  Qg8+   Ndf8 Nf6#
>Qhxf6  Rxg8 Ncxd6+ Qxd6 Qxg7   Rxg7 Qxg7  Nfe5  Nhf6+ Ndxf6 Nxf6+  Nxf6 Nxd6#
>
>
>>>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
>
>Sorry, Paul... I also couldn't resist  ;-)
>
>Heiner



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