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Subject: Re: Incidentally *cough* 'for those who like to solve a checkmate...'

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 12:24:07 04/29/01

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On April 29, 2001 at 04:05:12, Tim Foden wrote:

>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?

Yes, this is line 16697 (of 21178)  ;-)   It is fine as a PV.

>Cheers, Tim.

Cheers, Heiner



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