Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 10:16:38 01/19/02
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On January 19, 2002 at 13:13:13, Terry McCracken wrote: >On January 19, 2002 at 03:50:40, Matthias Gemuh wrote: > >> >>How long does your program take? >>Yace, Goliath Light, Nimzo, Comet and CM8000 need only seconds !! >>What of Shredder, Tigers, Junior, Hiarcs and Fritz? >> >>[D]5r2/r3Npkp/3pn1p1/qbnNp2P/1p2P3/5P2/PP1QB1P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1 >> >>HyLogicChess needs 51 minutes :( on an Athlon 1.4 GHz, 32 MB Hash. >>Looks like I must go optimizing extensions again. >> >>[1] (0.90) 1.Bxb5 (00h:00m:00s) >>[2] (0.91) 1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 (00h:00m:00s) >>[3] (0.91) 1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 Qxb5 (00h:00m:00s) >>[4] (1.30) 1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 Qxb5 3.Rhd1 (00h:00m:00s) >>[5] (0.77) 1.b3 Bxe2 2.Qxe2 Raa8 3.g3 (00h:00m:01s) >>[6] (-0.54) 1.h6 Kh8 2.Nxb4 Bxe2 3.Qxe2 Rxe7 4.Nc6 Nd4 (00h:00m:12s) >>[7] (0.24) 1.b3 Nxb3 (00h:00m:32s) >>[8] (0.90) 1.Bc4 Nxe4 2.h6 Kh8 3.fxe4 Bxc4 4.Nxb4 d5 5.exd5 (00h:01m:07s) >>[9] (0.66) 1.Nxb4 Bxe2 2.Qxe2 Rxe7 3.Nd5 Rd7 4.b4 Nd4 5.bxa5 (00h:02m:38s) >>[10] (2.03) 1.Bc4 gxh5 2.Qxb4 Qxb4 3.Nf5 Kg8 4.Nxb4 Bxc4 5.Rxc4 Rd8 >>(00h:10m:26s) >>[11] (6.39) 1.Bc4 Kh8 2.Qh6 (00h:33m:53s) >>[12] (+Mate in 10) 1.Qh6 Kxh6 2.hxg6 Kg5 3.Rh5 Kxh5 4.f4 Bxe2 5.Nf6 Kh6 6.Rh1 >>Bh5 7.Rxh5 Kg7 8.Ne8 Rxe8 9.Rxh7 Kf6 10.Rxf7 (00h:51m:14s) >> >>Regards, >>Matthias. > > >Funny, this position was posted at CCC last year. Either during the >summer or springtime. > >This position has been altered for a tactical/mate, problem set. >I don't remember the name of the test suite it came from. > > >For those who are interested, I'll give the _actual_ position and where it >can be found. I posted it last year, but since it has been forgotten I'll >post it again. I found this position in 1989 in CFC (Chess Federation of Canada) >magazine which is named En Passant, Dec. 89 issue #99, article, What is the >C.M.A. (Check Mating Attack) by NM and FIDE Master Gordon Taylor former editor >of En Passant. >He gave reference to the source. > > >P.F. Schmidt vs P.R. Schmidt, Heidelberg 1946. > >It can be found in the Oxford Companion to Chess, p. 291. > >[D]r1b2r2/1p1pNpkp/3pn1p1/2pN3P/2PnP3/q3QP2/p3BKP1/1R5R w > > > >Terry Opps I forgot to mention it's a mate in 11 moves.
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