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Subject: Re: Try this moderate mate.

Author: leonid

Date: 04:29:06 10/28/01

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On October 27, 2001 at 17:36:53, leonid wrote:

>On October 27, 2001 at 16:52:40, Paul wrote:
>
>>On October 27, 2001 at 13:06:43, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>I think that the next mate is just in the middle. It is not very hard to solve
>>>and still it is not extremely easy. The best one when you want to be a sure
>>>winner but not at big price.
>>>
>>>[D]bBQQ1nrq/b2NNq1k/K6n/QQqq1q1B/3Q1Q2/3r1qR1/3q2q1/3RQQq1 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>Hi Leonid,

Hi, Paul,

>>since Pretz is in the garage at the moment for a revision of the engine, I
>>thought I'd go over and comfort her with your new position. But I think the
>>engineer broke something, because it doesn't find a mate (in 12) very quick:

This position is mate in 12. Verified it at night by searching 11 moves by brute
force. Took slightly more time that expected, since branching factor jumped
after 10 moves. Three hours and 45 min. 12 was found already by selective.

Cheers,
Leonid.



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