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Subject: Re: Mate in ?

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 12:51:55 11/11/01

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>> Problem or not - Fritz7 doesn't seem to recognize the mate in 8, but
>> instead shows mate in 13 and this after several minutes thought.
>> The NoMMX version instantly sees the mate in 8. Just queer, or?!
>>
>> Sune
>
>
>Maybe Fritz7 is using a selective search for the stronger side.
>I am interested to know what is the evaluation of Fritz after 1 second.
>
>If it is +9 pawns or something similiar then there is no important problem.
>If it says +1 instead of mate then there is a problem because in a different
>position it may go for another move that gives it +1.2  and this move may lead
>to a draw.
>
>I do not use Fritz as a mate engine because I know from expereince cases when it
>believed that the distance to mate is shorter than the real distance to mate.
>
>Chessmaster in the middlegame or Crafty and yace in the endgame are engines that
>I can trust more for finding mates.
>
>
>Uri


Fritz 7 analysis looks like this on a P III 800, 128 MB hash.


New position
5Q2/1qr4p/2p2pp1/6k1/2B5/4PP2/5PKP/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 7:

1.f4+ Kh5 2.Be2+
  +-  (1.60)   Depth: 7/23   00:00:00  151kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (1.88)   Depth: 8/21   00:00:00  207kN
1.f4+! Kh5 2.Be2+
  +-  (1.94)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:01  443kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (2.22)   Depth: 9/28   00:00:01  625kN
1.f4+! Kh5 2.Be2+
  +-  (2.29)   Depth: 9/29   00:00:03  1249kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (2.57)   Depth: 10/28   00:00:04  1694kN
1.f4+! Kh5 2.Be2+
  +-  (2.60)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:05  2086kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (2.88)   Depth: 11/27   00:00:08  3284kN
1.f4+! Kh5 2.Be2+
  +-  (2.91)   Depth: 11/32   00:00:10  4242kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (3.19)   Depth: 12/33   00:00:18  7967kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (3.47)   Depth: 12/33   00:00:24  10521kN
1.f4+!
  +-  (4.04)   Depth: 12/33   00:00:25  10731kN
1.f4+! Kf5 2.Qc5+ Kg4 3.h3+ Kh4 4.Qf8 Qb5 5.Bxb5
  +-  (#13)   Depth: 12/38   00:02:57  79417kN

(Larsson, KIL 11.11.2001)




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