Author: Tim Foden
Date: 01:05:12 04/29/01
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On April 28, 2001 at 20:30:21, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>On April 28, 2001 at 18:53:11, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>[D]k7/8/2p1p3/1pR2p2/3N4/1p1B1p2/1Rp1p3/4K3 w - - bm Rxc6; pv Rxc6 f2+ Kxe2 e5
>>Rxb3 e4 Nxb5 exd3+ Kxf2 Kb7 Nd4+ Ka7 Rc4 Ka6 Ra4#;
>>
>>How long does it take your program to find this mate in 8?
>
>Hi Dann,
>
>Chest needs 81 seconds on a K7, 600 MHz (350 MB hash) to find that there
>are 3 different key moves to solve the mate in 8. I give a PV for each:
>
>Bxb5 Kb7 Rxc6 c1=N Bxe2 Nxe2 Rxb3+ Ka7 Rc7+ Ka6 Nc6 f2+ Kxf2
>=*= Ra7#
>Rxb3 f2+ Kxe2 c1=B Nxb5 Kb7 Na7+ Kc7 Rxc6+ Kd8 Rb7 f1=B+ Kxf1
>=*= Rc8#
>Rxc6 f2+ Kxe2 e5 Nxb5 Kb7 Nd4 Ka7 Rxb3 c1=N+ Rxc1 f1=B+ Rxf1
>=*= Ra1#
>
>The complete solution tree is much larger. =*= means "any legal move".
Hi Heiner,
Green Light 2.14-pr8 thinks:
13 2:35 Mate08 133677k Rxb3 c1=Q+ Rxc1 f2+ Kxe2 f1=Q+ Kxf1 f4 Nxc6 Kb7
Nd8+ Ka7 Rxb5 Ka6 Ra1# <ht>
Is this one of the possible variations?
Cheers, Tim.
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