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Subject: Re: If you like to solve a mate...

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 01:19:31 02/13/01

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On February 12, 2001 at 18:40:38, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>Phew, that was hard work: after 5.3 hours (K6-3/400, 50MB hash) Chest finds
>a unique key for a mate in 7.  Here is a PV:
>
>Ngxf7+ Nxf7 Nxg6+ hxg6 Bxg7+ Nfxg7 Qgxh5+ Nxh5 Qfxf6+ Ngxf6 Qdxf8+ Kh7 Qgxg6#
>
>What about the playing programs?  Normally they are much faster to _find_
>a mate.  Did nobody try it, or is this one also hard for them?
>
>Heiner

Crafty 17.13 :

 (4)    8-> 305:31  Mat08   1. Ngxf7+ Qaxf7 2. Bxg7+ Nfxg7 3. Nxg6+
                                    hxg6 4. Rxh5+ Nxh5 5. Qdxf6+ Nhxf6
                                    6. Rh1+ Kg7 7. Qgxg6+ Qxg6 8. Qdxg6#
 (3)    9   675:52  Mat07   1. Ngxf7+ Qaxf7 2. Bxg7+ Nfxg7 3. Qgxg6
                                    Q6xg6 4. Nxf7+ Nxf7 5. Qexg6 hxg6 6.
                                    Qdxf8 Qxc5 7. Qxg8#



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