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Subject: Re: Finding a mate very quickly - copy of fragment from r.g.c.c

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 05:59:59 04/18/98

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On April 15, 1998 at 15:40:59, Ed Schröder wrote:

>>Posted by Danniel Corbit on April 15, 1998 at 15:19:00:
>
>>Considering this game:
>>[Event "NY Open, New York USA"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "1998.??.??"]
>>[Round "1"]
>>[White "Gurevich, D."]
>>[Black "Young, R."]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "A22"]
>>[WhiteElo "2540"]
>>[BlackElo "2295"]
>>[PlyCount "53"]
>>[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
>
>>1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 bxc4 7.
>>e3 d5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 cxd3 10. Bxd3 c6 11. e4 Be6 12. exd5 cxd5 13.
>>Bb5+ Kf8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. O-O h5 18. Bf4 Ng6
>>19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qe2 Rd4 22. Rad1 Rg4 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Kh1
>>Rc8 25. f3 Nxg2 26. Qe5 Rg6 27. b4 Qa3 1-0
>
>>Tascbase2.0 apparently finds a mate in 20 seconds [mate in 13].  Crafty
>>finds a mate in 11 in 21 minutes (60 times longer, but mate more
>>quickly).  Comments on what sort of techniques are used to find the mate
>>so quickly using Tascbase?
>
>>The original thread in r.g.c.c is titled "Many programs take forever to
>>find this mate, others no"
>
>2r5/p3kpp1/4b1r1/1B2Q2p/1P6/q1N2P2/P5nP/3R1R1K w - - id Gurevich, D. -
>Young, R.; bm e5d6;
>
>Rebel 9.0 needs 10 seconds.
>Machine PII-266
>Announcement is mate in 12.
>
>- Ed -

Looks like a typical position that tests the quality of single-reply
extensions in chess programs.

"DarkThought" announces mate-in-11 after 2 seconds on our 600MHz Alpha.

=Ernst=



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