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Subject: Re: test position. mate in 11

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 01:51:55 10/07/01

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On October 06, 2001 at 23:07:51, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>bruce posted a position similiar to this, i modified it for a mate in 11.
>can your program see this mate in 11.
>slate if you read this, will you post your analysis.
>
>
> [D] 7b/q7/Pk3p1P/1Pp2pB1/K1P2P2/1Q6/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>
>kburcham

In 1 hour, HIARCS 7.23, Nimzo 8, and Fritz 6 could not return a mate.  (They
were all single CPU engines.)  The only single CPU engine, that DID return a
mate in 1 hour was:


Goliath Light 1.5 - W,S
7b/q7/Pk3p1P/1Pp2pB1/K1P2P2/1Q6/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Goliath Light 1.5:

1.Qc3 Kc7 2.Bh4
  +-  (7.28)   Depth: 6/10   00:00:00  5kN
1.Qc3 Qb8 2.Bxf6 Bxf6 3.Qxf6+ Kc7 4.Qxf5
  +-  (7.04)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  9kN
1.Bh4
  +-  (7.22)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  10kN
1.Bh4 Qh7 2.Qf3 Qd7
  +-  (7.13)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  10kN
1.Bh4 Qh7 2.Qf3 Qd7
  +-  (7.13)   Depth: 7/15   00:00:00  19kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Qe3 Qd4 3.Qe6+ Ka7 4.Qe7+ Ka8
  +-  (7.30)   Depth: 7/15   00:00:00  24kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Qe3 Qd4 3.Qe6+ Ka7 4.Qe7+ Ka8
  +-  (7.30)   Depth: 8/15   00:00:00  42kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Be1 Ka7 3.Ba5 Ka8
  +-  (7.14)   Depth: 8/18   00:00:00  78kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Be1 Ka7 3.Ba5 Ka8
  +-  (7.14)   Depth: 9/19   00:00:00  132kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Be1 Qd4 3.Ba5+ Ka7 4.Bc7 Qa1+ 5.Qa3 Qd4
  +-  (7.21)   Depth: 9/19   00:00:00  169kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Be1 Qd4 3.Ba5+ Ka7 4.Bc7 Qa1+ 5.Qa3 Qd4
  +-  (7.21)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:00  389kN
1.Bh4 Qd7 2.Be1 Qd4 3.Qc3 Qd1+ 4.Ka3 Ka7 5.h7 Qd6
  +-  (7.27)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:00  510kN
1.Qd3
  +-  (7.39)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:00  864kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb6 4.Qe6+ Ka7 5.Bf2
  +-  (8.61)   Depth: 10/29   00:00:00  1217kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb6 4.Qe6+ Ka7 5.Bf2
  +-  (8.61)   Depth: 11/31   00:00:00  1526kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb6 4.h7 Qd6 5.Qe4 Qd1+ 6.Ka3 Ka7
  +-  (8.71)   Depth: 11/34   00:00:00  1844kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb6 4.h7 Qd6 5.Qe4 Qd1+ 6.Ka3 Ka7
  +-  (8.71)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:01  3523kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb6 4.h7 Qd6 5.Qe4 Qd1+ 6.Ka3 Ka7
  +-  (9.01)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:01  4385kN
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qxf5 Kb8 4.Bf2 Qd8 5.Bxc5 Qd1+ 6.Ka3 Qd2
  +-  (9.70)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:02  5116kN
1.Qc3
  +-  (9.81)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:04  9331kN
1.Qc3 Qf7 2.Qa5+ Ka7
  +-  (10.57)   Depth: 12/34   00:00:04  10612kN
1.Qc3 Qf7 2.Qa5+ Ka7
  +-  (10.57)   Depth: 13/35   00:00:05  13876kN
1.Qc3 Qf7 2.Qa5+ Ka7
  +-  (10.87)   Depth: 13/38   00:00:06  15606kN
1.Qc3 Qf7 2.Qa5+ Ka7
  +-  (11.67)   Depth: 13/38   00:00:06  16604kN
1.Qc3
  +-  (11.67)   Depth: 13/38   00:00:06  16901kN
1.Qc3
  +-  (11.67)   Depth: 14/38   00:00:07  20109kN, tb=1
1.Qc3
  +-  (11.97)   Depth: 14/38   00:00:09  25079kN, tb=2
1.Qc3
  +-  (12.77)   Depth: 14/38   00:00:10  27273kN, tb=2
1.Qc3 Qd7 2.Bxf6 Qd1+ 3.Ka3 Qd6 4.Bxh8 Qxh6 5.Qf6+ Qxf6 6.Bxf6 Ka7 7.Be5 Ka8
8.b6
  +-  (14.29)   Depth: 14/38   00:00:17  43712kN, tb=6
1.Qc3 Qd7 2.Bxf6 Qd1+ 3.Ka3 Qd6 4.Bxh8 Qxh6 5.Qf6+ Qxf6 6.Bxf6 Ka7 7.Be5 Ka8
8.b6
  +-  (14.29)   Depth: 15/39   00:00:23  61624kN, tb=15
1.Qc3 Qd7 2.Bxf6 Qd1+ 3.Ka3 Qd6 4.Bxh8 Qxh6 5.Qf6+ Qxf6 6.Bxf6 Ka7 7.Be5 Ka8
8.b6
  +-  (14.59)   Depth: 15/39   00:00:27  71915kN, tb=19
1.Qc3 Qd7 2.Bxf6 Qd1+ 3.Ka3 Qd6 4.Bxh8 Qxh6 5.Qf6+ Qxf6 6.Bxf6 Ka7 7.Be5 Ka8
8.b6
  +-  (15.39)   Depth: 15/39   00:00:28  75810kN, tb=21
1.Qc3 Qd7 2.Bxf6 Qd1+ 3.Ka3 Qd6 4.Bxh8 Qxh6 5.Qf6+ Qxf6 6.Bxf6 Ka7 7.Be7 Kb6
8.Bxc5+ Kc7 9.b6+ Kb8
  +-  (15.87)   Depth: 15/39   00:00:29  78562kN, tb=21
1.Qd3
  +-  (15.98)   Depth: 15/40   00:00:50  137956kN, tb=77
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8
  +-  (23.37)   Depth: 15/41   00:01:26  235654kN, tb=123
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8
  +-  (23.37)   Depth: 16/41   00:01:34  260888kN, tb=136
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8
  +-  (23.67)   Depth: 16/41   00:01:43  284338kN, tb=155
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8
  +-  (24.47)   Depth: 16/41   00:01:46  293289kN, tb=172
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8 8.a7+
Kb7 9.Qd5+ Kc7 10.b6#
  +-  (25.03)   Depth: 16/41   00:01:49  299823kN, tb=184
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8 8.a7+
Kb7 9.Qd5+ Kc7 10.b6#
  +-  (25.03)   Depth: 17/41   00:02:16  381372kN, tb=261
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8 8.a7+
Kb7 9.Qd5+ Kc7 10.b6#
  +-  (25.33)   Depth: 17/45   00:02:32  428021kN, tb=300
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Bg7 4.hxg7 Qxg7 5.Bf2 Qc7 6.Bxc5+ Kb8 7.Qg8+ Qc8 8.a7+
Kb7 9.Qd5+ Kc7 10.b6#
  +-  (26.13)   Depth: 17/45   00:02:40  446107kN, tb=342
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Kb8 4.Qg8+ Qc8 5.a7+ Kc7 6.Qxc8+ Kxc8
  +-  (31.65)   Depth: 17/45   00:03:17  527914kN, tb=587
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Kb8 4.Qg8+ Qc8 5.a7+ Kc7 6.Qxc8+ Kxc8
  +-  (31.65)   Depth: 18/47   00:05:38  963384kN, tb=2122
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Kb8 4.Qg8+ Qc8 5.a7+ Kc7 6.Qxc8+ Kxc8
  +-  (31.95)   Depth: 18/47   00:06:39  1129968kN, tb=2286
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Kb8 4.Qg8+ Qc8 5.a7+ Kc7 6.Qxc8+ Kxc8
  +-  (32.75)   Depth: 18/47   00:06:56  1170666kN, tb=2299
1.Qd3 Qc7 2.Bh4 Ka7 3.Qd5 Qc8 4.Bf2 Kb8 5.Bxc5 Qc7 6.Qg8+ Qc8 7.Bd6+ Ka7 8.Qg1+
Ka8 9.Qg2+ Ka7
  +-  (#14)   Depth: 18/47   00:11:34  1904322kN, tb=3214

(W,  07.10.2001)

11:34!  Pretty nice.  Especially for a free engine!

I was doing a lot of thing with my computer tonite, and was unable to give a
"deep" program both CPU's.  That's why I started with the single CPU engines.

I will see what I can come up with tonite, and tomorrow.



Slate



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