Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:19:46 06/02/01
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On June 02, 2001 at 07:59:45, Mike S. wrote: >Do you also have positions with only *one* queen each? > >Regards, >M.Scheidl I have some position with only one queen and also from real games(ICC tournaments) I used chessmaster6000(ss=10) Celes-Amatuer Hard [D]3r3k/p1rB3p/1p3q2/1Q2R1p1/2P1p3/2P1B3/P5K1/3R4 w - - 0 1 Mate in at most 11(chessmaster6000 needs a long time to see mate in 13) The main line begins 1.Rf5 a6 2.Qb4 a5 3.Bd4 The game continues 39.Rf5 Rc5 and here we have the second problem mate in 8 [D]3r3k/p2B3p/1p3q2/1Qr2Rp1/2P1p3/2P1B3/P5K1/3R4 w - - 0 1 Chessmaster6000 on PIII850 says 40.Bc5 with the following scores Mate in 11 13 seconds Mate in 9 21 seconds Mate in 8 30 seconds Arasen-Fritz Hard [D]2kr3r/ppp2pQ1/4b2p/8/6Rq/8/PPP3K1/RNB1N3 b - - 0 1 Chessmaster can see mate in 16 after a long time when the main line begins with 1...Bxg4 2.Bf4 I already posted the position after 20...Bxg4 21.Qc3 and in that position chessmaster needs only 20 seconds to see mate in 10 and 24 seconds to see mate in 9. Armegaddon-chesterX [D]8/6p1/1p3k2/1pq5/4pPQ1/1P4PK/P3P2P/2q5 b - - 0 1 Chessmaster6000 47...Qg1 mate in 12 18 seconds mate in 8 24 seconds [D]8/6p1/1p3k2/1pq5/4pPQK/1P4P1/P3P2P/5q2 b - - 0 1 48...Qf5+ mate in 12 8 seconds 48...g6 mate in 8 1:15 48...Qg2 mate in 7 1:19 Bringer-Chezz [D]8/5k2/8/7p/4K2P/6P1/5P2/8 w - - 0 1 Chessmaster without tablebases 6:49 f4 mate in 17 6:50 Ke5 mate in 16 Hossa-Deep Shredder [D]6k1/p3q1b1/4N3/3p1PR1/2pP4/1p2P2P/7P/3K4 b - - 0 1 Chessmaster6000 1:46 52...b2 mate in 14 Postmodernist-tristram Hard [D]4rb1r/pk1b2p1/1P1p1n1p/3p4/1R1P2P1/1Q2B3/1PP2P1P/4K2R w K - 0 1 Chessmaster6000 12:52 26.bxa7 mate in 15 main line begins with 26.bxa7 Kc7 27.Rb7+ Kd8 28.a8Q+ Kc7 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Qab7+ Ke6 31. Qd3 Ne4 32.b3 QuerkX-hiarcsX [D]1kr5/1b3pQ1/1q3p2/3p1P1p/1pBR4/6P1/P1r4P/1K1R4 b - - 0 1 Chessmaster6000 4:55 35...dxc4 mate in 16 For some strange reason chessmaster6000 changes it's mind after 27:38 to mate in 17 but I believe that mate in at most 16 is right and if I continue 36.Qh6 chessmaster can see mate in 16 after a short time but changes it's mind to mate in 15 after 4:47. Uri
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