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Subject: Re: Funny Cook, Mate in 11

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 14:32:28 10/16/01

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On October 15, 2001 at 14:41:11, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On October 14, 2001 at 11:28:53, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>The position is missing a couple of pawns, one crucial!
>>
>>[D]r1b2r2/1p1pNpkp/3pn1p1/2pN3P/2PnP3/q3QP2/p3BKP1/1R5R w - - bm Qh6+;
>>
>>
>>So the answer is *only* Qh6+!!
>>
>>Terry
>
>
>Complete line:
>
>1.Qh6+!! Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5
>
>   [2...Kg7 3.Rxh7#]
>
>3.Rh5+!! Kxh5 4.f4+! Qf3+
>
>   [4...Nxe2 5.Nf6+! Kh6 6.Rh1+ Qh3 7.Rxh3+ Kg7 8.Ne8+! Rxe8 9.Rxh7+ Kf6
>      (9...Kf8 10.Rxf7#)
>    10.Rxf7#]
>
>5.Bxf3+ Nxf3 6.Rh1+ Nh4
>
>   [6...Kg4 7.gxf3#]
>
>7.Nf6+ Kh6 8.Rxh4+ Kg7 9.Ne8+! Rxe8 10.Rxh7+ Kf6
>
>   [10...Kf8 11.Rxf7#]
>
>11.Rxf7#

Chest confirms that.  After 23.4 hours (K7/600, 350 MB hash) it delivers:

PV: Qh6+ Kxh6 hxg6+ Kg5 Rh5+ Kxh5 f4+ Qf3+ Bxf3+ Nxf3 Nf6+ Kh6 Rh1+ Nh4 Rxh4+
Kg7 Ne8+ Rxe8 Rxh7+ Kf6 Rxf7#

BTW, to complete your above, add
1...Kh8 2.Qxh7+ Kxh7 3.hxg6+ Kg7 4.Rh7#

For the curious, some timing info:
#  1      0.00s                 0kN           0.87          1-         0
#  2      0.00s                 0kN           1.00          1-         0
#  3      0.00s                 1kN [ 11.84]  0.96         55-         0
#  4      0.08s                 5kN [  6.22]  1.04        685-         0
#  5      0.62s [  7.75]       31kN [  6.56]  1.23       5247-         0
#  6      3.45s [  5.56]      185kN [  5.99]  1.51      33320-         0
#  7     22.23s [  6.44]     1229kN [  6.64]  1.78     218722-         0
#  8    145.38s [  6.54]     8512kN [  6.93]  2.09    1442337-         8
#  9    947.74s [  6.52]    54865kN [  6.45]  2.50    9288797-   1249692
# 10   8227.65s [  8.68]   479554kN [  8.74]  2.60   79013461-  70265560
# 11  83957.78s [ 10.20]  5216112kN [ 10.88]  2.78  771061462- 762313561

Cheers,
Heiner



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