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Subject: Re: Test Position: deFirmian-Miles -- Mate in 11

Author: Dennis Breuker

Date: 01:23:22 11/14/01

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On November 14, 2001 at 02:07:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 13, 2001 at 22:06:48, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>I rather suspect that nothing is going to compete with ChessMaster here.  Even
>>dedicated mate solvers will have a time beating that speed.
>
>Ahem.
>
>Sjeng: prove
>
>Max time to search (s): 60
>
>P: 0 D: 100000000 N: 66454 S: 66453 Mem: 2.79M Iters: 1731 MaxDepth: 27
>Time : 0.630000
>This position is WON.
>PV: f1f8 d7f8 g5f7 h8h7 e4e5 g4f5 d1h5
>
>0.6 seconds

Great! Of course, a mate solver is something else as a "normal"
playing program. The strength of The King (Chessmaster) is that#
it finds these mates in the normal playing program.

Duck 1992, using proof number search (a mate solver only),
finds a mate in 17(!) in 0.95 sec. after 41255 nodes searched:

 1.e7-g6  h8-g8   2.f1xf8  d7xf8   3.g6-e7  g8-h8   4.g5-f7  h8-h7
   5.e4-e5  f8-g6   6.d3xg6  mat
   5.  ..   g7-g6   6.d1-d2  f8-d7   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   b8-d7   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   b8-a6   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   h7-g7   7.d2-h6  g7xf7   8.d3xg6  f8xg6
     9.h6xg6  f7-f8  10.g6-g8  f8xe7  11.c7-d6  e7-d7  12.g8-f7  d7-d8
      13.f7-f8  d8-d7  14.f8-e7  d7-c8  15.e7-e8  mat
                                                       12.  ..   d7-c8
      13.f7-e8  mat
     9.  ..   f7xe7  10.g6-g7  e7-e8  11.g7-g8  e8-e7  12.c7-d6  e7-d7
      13.g8-f7  d7-d8  14.f7-f8  d8-d7  15.f8-e7  d7-c8  16.e7-e8  mat
      13.  ..   d7-c8  14.f7-e8  mat
                                      11.  ..   e8-d7  12.g8-d8  mat
                                                      8.  ..   f7xe7
     9.h6-g7  mat
                    6.  ..   b7-b6   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   b7-b5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a7-a6   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a7-a5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   c6-c5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   h5-h4   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   g4-f5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   g4-h3   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   g4-f3   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   g4-e2   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   g4-d1   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-b6   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4xe5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-c5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-e3   7.d2xe3  f8-d7   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   b8-d7   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   b8-a6   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   h7-g7   8.e3-h6  g7xf7
     9.d3xg6  f8xg6  10.h6xg6  f7-f8  11.g6-g8  f8xe7  12.c7-d6  e7-d7
      13.g8-f7  d7-d8  14.f7-f8  d8-d7  15.f8-e7  d7-c8  16.e7-e8  mat
      13.  ..   d7-c8  14.f7-e8  mat
                     10.  ..   f7xe7  11.g6-g7  e7-e8  12.g7-g8  e8-e7
      13.c7-d6  e7-d7  14.g8-f7  d7-d8  15.f7-f8  d8-d7  16.f8-e7  d7-c8
        17.e7-e8  mat
                       14.  ..   d7-c8  15.f7-e8  mat
                                                       12.  ..   e8-d7
      13.g8-d8  mat
     9.  ..   f7xe7  10.h6-g7  mat
                                     7.  ..   b7-b6   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   b7-b5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a7-a6   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a7-a5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   c6-c5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   h5-h4   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   g4-f5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   g4-h3   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   g4-f3   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   g4-e2   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   g4-d1   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-a6   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-b5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-a5   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-f4   8.e3xf4  f8-d7
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   b8-d7
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   b8-a6
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   h7-g7
     9.f4-f6  g7-h7  10.f6-h8  mat
                                                      8.  ..   b7-b6
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   b7-b5
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   a7-a6
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   a7-a5
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   c6-c5
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   h5-h4
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   g4-f5
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   g4-h3
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   g4-f3
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   g4-e2
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                                      8.  ..   g4-d1
     9.f4-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-e4   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-d4   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-c4   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-b4   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-b3   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4-a3   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4xc2   8.e3-h6  mat
                                     7.  ..   a4xa2   8.e3-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-c3   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-f2   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4xb2   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   d4-g1   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-a6   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-b5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-a5   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-c4   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-b4   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-b3   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4-a3   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4xc2   7.d2-h6  mat
                    6.  ..   a4xa2   7.d2-h6  mat
   5.  ..   g4-f5   6.d1xh5  mat
*** MAT IN 17 ***

Dennis



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