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Subject: Re: One easy mate to solve.

Author: leonid

Date: 05:23:00 09/28/01

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On September 28, 2001 at 05:16:30, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>On September 27, 2001 at 16:09:10, Paul wrote:
>
>>On September 27, 2001 at 15:14:39, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>The next position is easily solvable for white and for black side. Even if you
>>>will look for solution by brute force it could not very slow.
>>>
>>>[D]2rqqr2/R1q2k1B/1B1qn1N1/p1Q2N1p/Qb1RR1qQ/1Kp2nQ1/2QpbP2/3QN3 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>Hi Leonid!
>>
>>Pretz says White mates in 9, it takes longer than I thought on my 1GHz P3
>>though, a full 16 seconds:
>>
>>00:16 WM9 06 Nh8+ Rxh8 Nxd6+ Kg7 Rxg4+ Neg5 Rxg5+ Nxg5 Qcxg5+ Qxg5 Qhxg5+ Qg6
>>Qgxg6+ Kf8 Qae8+ Rxe8 Qxe8#
>
>Hi Leonid, Hi Paul!
>
>Here the confirmations from Chest (on K7/600 with 350 MB hash)...
>With white to move there are 3 solutions in 9 moves (4.2 hours):
>
>PV: Nh8+ Rxh8 Nxd6+ Kg7 Nxe8+ Rxe8 Qge5+ Nxe5 Qxe5+ Kh6 Qhf6+ Qxf6 Qxf6+ Kxh7
>Rxg4+ Bd3 Qxd3#
>PV: Rxc7+ Rxc7 Nh8+ Rxh8 Nxd6+ Qxd6 Rf4+ Nxf4 Rxf4+ Kg7 Qgxg4+ Ng5 Qhxg5+ Qdg6
>Qgxg6+ Qxg6 Qgxg6#
>PV: Qxe8+ Rxe8 Nh8+ Rxh8 Nxd6+ Qxd6 Rf4+ Nxf4 Rxf4+ Qf5 Rxf5+ Qf6 Rxf6+ Ke8 Bg6+
>Qf7+ Bxf7#
>
>
>>With Black it's a lot easier, a mate in 8 in 1 second:
>>
>>00:01 BM8 08 Qxa4+ Kxa4 Nxc5+ Bxc5 Bb5+ Kxb5 Nxd4+ Nxd4 Qxc5+ Ka4 Qdd7+ Nb5
>>Qcxb5+ Kb3 Qa4#
>
>Yes, it is easier, and the above move is the only solution (21.08 sec):
>
>PV: Qxa4+ Kxa4 Nxc5+ Bxc5 Bb5+ Kxb5 Nxd4+ Nxd4 Qxc5+ Ka4 Qgd7+ Nb5 Qcxb5+ Kb3
>Qa4#


My pleasure to see you once again!

Thanks for results!

See you later,
Leonid.


>Cheers,
>Heiner
>
>
>>This is all done with a selective nullmove search.
>>
>>Best wishes to you and your family,
>>Paul



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