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Subject: Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 20:01:34 11/13/01

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On November 13, 2001 at 19:53:14, John Merlino wrote:

>Here's a position from a game the 1988 US Championship in Cambridge Springs. Of
>special interest, note the move number.
>
>[D]rn3r1k/ppBnN1p1/2p1p3/6Np/q2bP1b1/3B4/PPP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 17
>

Ok. It appears to really be a Mate in 10. My original post was using the default
personality. Sorry about that!

Here's the report from an SS=12, 32MB personality (PIII-600):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	2.36	4894		17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Nf7+ Kh7 19.
					e5+ g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Rf1 Bf5
					22. Nxf5+ exf5
0:00	1/3	2.52	7750		17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
					Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Kh7 21. e5+ g6
					22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rf1
0:00	1/4	2.36	21760		17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
					Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Kh7 21. e5+ g6
					22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Nxf5+
					exf5
0:01	1/5	4.58	99311		17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
					Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qf1 Nbd7 21. Qf7 Nf6
					22. e5 Bf5 23. exf6
0:03	1/6	6.40	248761		17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
					Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qf1 Bf2 21. Qxf2 Nbd7
					22. e5 g6 23. Nxg6+ Nxg6 24. Bxg6
0:09	1/7	Mate14	701333		17. Ng6+ Kg8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
					Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Kh7 21. e5+ g6
					22. Qd2 Be3 23. Qxe3 Kg7 24. Qh6+
					Kxf7 25. Bxg6+ Nxg6 26. Nxg6 Qa3
					27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+
					Kd7 30. Qd8#
0:10	1/7	Mate12	797706		17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Nf7+ Kh7 19.
					e5+ g6 20. Qd2 Be3 21. Qxe3 Kg7
					22. Qh6+ Kxf7 23. Bxg6+ Nxg6 24.
					Nxg6 Qa3 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qg8+
					Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Kd7 28. Qd8#
0:14	1/8	Mate11	1189940		17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Qf1 Bf5 19.
					exf5 Nbd7 20. fxe6 g6 21. Qf7 Nf6
					22. Nxg6+ Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Rf8 24.
					Qh6+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qxf8+
					Ng8 27. Qxg8#
0:26	1/9	Mate10	2428429		17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Qf1 Bf6 19.
					Nf7+ Kh7 20. e5+ Qe4 21. Bxe4+
					Bf5 22. Bxf5+ g6 23. Bxg6+ Nxg6
					24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26.
					Qg8#
0:48	1/10	Mate10	4781777		17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Qf1 Bf6 19.
					Nf7+ Kh7 20. e5+ Qe4 21. Bxe4+
					Bf5 22. Bxf5+ g6 23. Bxg6+ Nxg6
					24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26.
					Qg8#

jm

• Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! William Sprague 20:13:43 11/13/01
  • Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! Chessfun 20:35:00 11/13/01
    • Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! William Sprague 20:59:31 11/13/01
      • Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! Chessfun 21:10:13 11/13/01
    • Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! Dann Corbit 20:40:57 11/13/01
  • Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 10! Dann Corbit 20:20:14 11/13/01

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