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Subject: Re: Queen for a day..!

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 09:32:59 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 08:59:28, Robert Basham wrote:

>Watch this "busy Queen" do a mate in 14 all alone..!
>
>See which computor program can announce the correct number of moves
>in the shortest amount of time, etc.
>
>1. Qe4+ mates...
>
>Junior5 sees "a mate in 13",,,etc.

From other posts, I guess that Junior has a flaw in the mate scoring.

>[D]kq4n1/4p2Q/1P2P3/1K6/8/8/p7/8 w - -

Gaviota struggles with this one, finds correct mate in 14 in about 6 minutes
in a P IV 1.4 Ghz.
Branching factor is horrible, sounds like some extensions blew out of proportion
at one point.

kq4n1/4p2Q/1P2P3/1K6/8/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1
+-----------------+
| k q . . . . n . |
| . . . . x . . Q |
| . o . . o . . . |
| . K . . . . . . |
| . . . . . . . . |
| . . . . . . . . |
| x . . . . . . . |
| . . . . . . . . |
+-----------------+

legal moves available = 25
        42   1       0.0    -3.22  Qh7-h8   Qb8-e8   Kb5-a6
       464   1       0.0    -1.11  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4xa2
       499   1:      0.0    -1.11  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4xa2
       621   2       0.0    -1.11  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4xa2   <EMPTY>  <-transp
       741   2:      0.0    -1.11  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4xa2   <EMPTY>  <-transp
      1060   3       0.0      :-)  Qh7-e4
      1407   3       0.0    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
      1742   3:      0.0    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
      2381   4       0.0    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
      2517   4:      0.0    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
      4861   5       0.0    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
      6539   5:      0.1    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
     15468   6       0.1    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
     16901   6:      0.1    +0.00  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-a4
     25168   7       0.2      :-)  Qh7-e4
     25887   7       0.2      :-)  Qh7-e4
     44899   7       0.3    +1.36  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
    603467   7:      4.3    +1.36  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
    992771   8       7.0    +1.43  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa2-d2
   2746132   8:     19.8    +1.43  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa2-d2
   8343711   9      57.4    +1.55  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa2-h2   Kb8-a8   Qh2-h8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qh8xb8   Ka8xb8   Kb5-c6   Kb8-a8
                                   b6-b7    Ka8-b8
  20011408   9:    145.1    +1.55  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa2-h2   Kb8-a8   Qh2-h8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qh8xb8   Ka8xb8   Kb5-c6   Kb8-a8
                                   b6-b7    Ka8-b8
  21623481  10     156.7      :-)  Qh7-e4
  21717852  10     157.3      :-)  Qh7-e4
  22060424  10     159.3      :-)  Qh7-e4
  23733223  10     170.7      :-)  Qh7-e4
  51514293  10     369.1  +Mat_14  Qh7-e4   Qb8-b7   Qe4-a4   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa4-f4   Kb8-a8   Qf4-f8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qf8-f3   Qb8-b7   Qf3-a3   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa3-g3   Kb8-a8   Qg3xg8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qg8-g2   Qb8-b7   Qg2xa2   Ka8-b8
                                   Qa2-h2   Kb8-a8   Qh2-h8   Qb7-b8
                                   Qh8-a1   Ka8-b7   Qa1-a6



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