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Subject: Re: One mate to solve.

Author: Paul

Date: 13:26:00 10/06/01

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On October 06, 2001 at 07:46:17, leonid wrote:

>On October 05, 2001 at 17:25:22, Paul wrote:
>
>>On October 05, 2001 at 16:02:14, Paul wrote:
>>
>>>On October 05, 2001 at 12:59:56, leonid wrote:
>>>
>>>>Today, after good explantion of how it must be done, I installed Chest (Heiner's
>>>>mate solver). It do the wonders on brute force search. I went to see some
>>>>positions that otherwise will be too slow for me to solve. It could be that you
>>>>can help me with one position. Your computer and hash could make solution more
>>>>speedy. Mine is Celeron 600Mhz, 64M. This position is actually one from three
>>>>similar positions one of which went to Web. This last was left as less
>>>>accessible. Just say me how far you went, or what solution you found.
>>>>
>>>>[D]kq4BK/pq4QQ/2qqnP2/1NnqQnN1/2QBqB2/5r2/RQ4qr/RQ4bb w - -
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Leonid.
>>>
>>>For now here's what Pretz found:
>>>
>>>00:40 WM12 12 Rxa7+ Q8xa7 Rxa7+ Kb8 Ra8+ Kxa8 Q1a1+ Qca6 Qxa6+ Nxa6 Qc8+ Qdb8
>>>Qexb8+ Nxb8 Nc7+ Nxc7 Qxb8+ Qxb8 Qxb8+ Kxb8 Qxc7+ Ka8 Qb8#
>>>
>>>A mate in 12 in 40 seconds.
>>>
>>
>>As an exception to my general rule :), I've now tried this one with Chest. Just
>>finished the search for a mate in 10 without result, but in light of the times
>>and factors I can't start a mate in 11 search now, maybe tomorrow.
>>
>>Depth	Seconds		Factor
>>
>>6	.48
>>7	3.32		6.9
>>8	28.12		8.5
>>9	266.92		9.5
>>10	2348.34		8.8

11	24313.68	10.4       <--------------------------- new data!

>>So depth 11 could take about 6 hours.
>
>Thanks, Paul! Now for me only 11 moves is not sure.
>
>Cheers,
>Leonid.

Chest just reported there's no mate in 11. Took 6 hours and 45 minutes!

Groetjes,
Paul



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