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Subject: Re: One mate to solve...

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 15:30:08 07/06/01

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On July 06, 2001 at 09:40:31, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>On July 03, 2001 at 05:47:02, Angrim wrote:
>
>>On July 02, 2001 at 15:10:18, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>This mate could be fun to resolve:
>>>
>>>[D]R1N1N2k/2qqqqbb/1nQ2q1r/2Q2qQ1/1nQ2q2/1QQQQq1r/1BB5/K5QR w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>
>According to Chest there is no mate in 10 moves (K7/600, 350MB hash, 12.8 hrs).
>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>proved that move g5xg7 wins, 11 turns
>>PN2:2020634 evals, 39222 expands, 13.15 seconds
>>
>>pv starts with g5xg7+ f7xg7 c4g8+ g7xg8 b3xg8+
>>Angrim
>
>I tried to verify this, but failed.  I assume "11 turns" does mean a mate in
>11 moves.  After the above 5 plies there is only one legal move left.
>Hence I started Chest after 1.Qxg7+ Q7xg7 2.Qg8+ Qxg8 3.Qbxg8+ Bxg8, searching
>for a mate in 8 (8 == 11-3).  But according to Chest, there is no mate in 8
>(K7/600, 350 MB hash, 435 secs).  I have used this FEN:
>R1N1N2k/2qqqqbb/1nQ2q1r/2Q2qQ1/1nQ2q2/1QQQQq1r/1BB5/K5QR w - -

There is not even one in 9 moves, here (again, according to Chest).

Heiner

>Where did I go wrong?  Or did I misunderstand?
>
>Heiner



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