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Subject: Re: Mate in ?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:43:33 11/11/01

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On November 11, 2001 at 11:35:52, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]5Q2/1qr4p/2p2pp1/6k1/2B5/4PP2/5PKP/8 w - - 0 42
>
>
> This is a position from a German forum.
>
> Gambit Tiger shows mate 8 in about 1 sec ("immediately")
> Fritz7NoMMX  shows mate 9 in about 1 sec ("immediately")
> Fritz7       shows mate 13 after some minutes thought.
>
> Interesting but somewhat queer.    (P III 800.)
>
> Sune

CM8000 says Mate in 8 in 3 seconds on my PIII-733:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	0.94	13239		1. h4+ Kh5 2. Qxf6 Kh6 3. Qf4+
					Kg7 4. h5 h6 5. hxg6 Kxg6
0:00	1/4	1.21	28113		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qd6 Re7 3. Kg3 g5
					4. Bd3+ Re4 5. Bxe4+ Kxe4 6. Qxf6
0:01	2/5	10.05	75601		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qc5+ Kg4 3. h3+ Kh4
					4. Qf8 c5+ 5. Kh2 Qd5 6. Qxf6+
					Kh5 7. Bxd5
0:03	2/6	Mate08	346228		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qd6 Re7 3. Bd3+ Re4
					4. f3 c5 5. Bxe4+ Qxe4 6. Qd7+
					Qe6 7. Qd3+ Qe4 8. Qxe4#
0:06	3/7	Mate08	748763		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qd6 Re7 3. Bd3+ Re4
					4. f3 c5 5. Bxe4+ Qxe4 6. Qd7+
					Qe6 7. Qd3+ Qe4 8. Qxe4#
0:16	4/8	Mate08	2080130		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qd6 Re7 3. Bd3+ Re4
					4. f3 c5 5. Bxe4+ Qxe4 6. Qd7+
					Qe6 7. Qd3+ Qe4 8. Qxe4#
0:44	5/9	Mate08	6024718		1. f4+ Kf5 2. Qd6 Re7 3. Bd3+ Re4
					4. f3 c5 5. Bxe4+ Qxe4 6. Qd7+
					Qe6 7. Qd3+ Qe4 8. Qxe4#

jm



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