Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:11:53 12/28/01
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On December 28, 2001 at 14:32:22, Dann Corbit wrote: >On December 28, 2001 at 14:00:11, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>On December 28, 2001 at 10:40:05, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>White to play and win: >>> >>>http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzzle9/puzz9-4a.htm >> >>[D]2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w - - 0 1 >> >>1.Ne8 1-0 Below is the analysis by CT-14 on my old 333 PII with 96Mb RAM >> >> >> >>00:00:00.4 0.52 9 37271 Nf5 Kg4 Ne3+ Kf3 Nxf1 Rf2 Ba6 gxf4 gxf4 Kxf4 Kg7 >>00:00:01.1 1.24 10 95642 Nf5 Kg4 Ne3+ Kf3 Nxf1 Rc2 Bb7+ Kf2 Ba6 gxf4 gxf4 >>00:00:02.2 0.60 11 216973 Nf5 Kg4 Ne3+ Kf3 Nxf1 Rf2 hxg5 hxg5 Bb7+ Kg4 Ne3+ Kxg3 >>fxg5 fxg5 Kg7 >>00:00:04.2 2.14 11 365618 Ne8 >>00:00:05.5 Mate in 6 11 470406 Ne8 Kg6 h5+ Rxh5 f5+ Rxf5 g4 Re5 Bf5+ Rxf5 Ng7 >>Rh2 gxf5# > >Even more astonishing is that Chest 3.19 thinks it is a mate in 7, not in 6. >Since a quick observation shows that CT has the right PV, we can only assume >that it is a matter of simple arithmetic. Takes Chest 3 seconds to solve it. > >2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w - - acn 293540; acs 3; bm Ne8; ce 32754; dm >7; pv Ne8 Kg6 h5+ Rxh5 f5+ Rxf5 g4 Re5 Bf5+ Rxf5 Ng7 Rh4 gxf5#; CM8000 says: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 2/5 0.92 13447 1. Nf5 Kg4 2. Ne3+ Kf3 3. Nxf1 Rb2 4. Kf7 gxf4 5. gxf4 Kxf4 6. Kxf6 0:00 3/6 0.92 27846 1. Nf5 Kg4 2. Ne3+ Kf3 3. Nxf1 Rb2 4. Kf7 gxf4 5. gxf4 Kxf4 6. Kxf6 0:01 4/7 0.91 92850 1. Nf5 Kg4 2. Ne3+ Kf3 3. Nxf1 Rc2 4. Bb7+ Kf2 5. hxg5 fxg5 0:03 4/7 Mate07 327864 1. Ne8 Kg6 2. h5+ Rxh5 3. f5+ Rxf5 4. g4 Rf4 5. Bf5+ Rxf5 6. Ng7 Rf2 7. gxh5# 0:04 5/8 Mate07 426614 1. Ne8 Kg6 2. h5+ Rxh5 3. f5+ Rxf5 4. g4 Rf4 5. Bf5+ Rxf5 6. Ng7 Rf2 7. gxh5# 0:06 6/9 Mate07 772983 1. Ne8 Kg6 2. h5+ Rxh5 3. f5+ Rxf5 4. g4 Rf4 5. Bf5+ Rxf5 6. Ng7 Rf2 7. gxh5# As far as I recall, at least some of the Tigers (and perhaps other engines) do not (for some strange reason) count the first move when claiming Mate in N. jm
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