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Subject: Re: Try this mate.

Author: Paul

Date: 10:44:47 10/16/01

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On October 16, 2001 at 11:50:15, leonid wrote:

>On October 16, 2001 at 10:12:33, Paul wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 2001 at 07:26:29, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>This mate position was not exactly easy for my selective but was still
>>>accessible for brute force solution. Try to solve it on your own way.
>>>
>>>[D]2KRQRnr/2Q4q/2N1nq1k/2Q2q1q/b1Ppqb1r/q6N/pqBRQQQB/8 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>Hi guy,
>
>Hi, Paul!
>
>>I hope you don't mean that your selective search solved this one in 3 seconds in
>>stead of .055 :) ... but Pretz didn't have too much trouble finding a mate in 11
>>in 11 seconds:
>
>Now you did better that me for sure. Mine took by selective, 11 moves deep, in
>79 sec.

Well, well ... that's the first time if I'm correct. If you are in the vicinity
of Amsterdam tonight, drinks are on me!! Champagne! :)

But to be honest ... you just happened to put the pieces on the board in a way
my program's search seems to like more than yours ... one day 15 minutes for a
mate in 11, the next day 11 seconds ... ha!

>This is position 11 moves deep. Solved it by brute force. It took 1 hour and 19
>min. Celeron 600Mhz. No hash.
>
>>00:11 WM11 08 Q2xh5+ Rxh5 Qxh7+ Rxh7 Rxf6+ Nxf6 Qeg6+ Qxg6 Bxf4+ Kg7 Qa7+ Qb7+
>>Qxb7+ Nc7 Qxc7+ Nd7 Qxd7+ Qae7 Qxe7+ Qxe7 Qxg6#
>>
>>Nice spiral ... another Chinese sign or just fantasy?
>
>Just a fantasy.
>
>Cheers,
>Leonid.

Cheers, & thanks ... I'm going to have a sweet dream this night :)
Paul



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