Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 08:54:05 03/10/02
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On March 09, 2002 at 11:48:58, Art Basham wrote: >In this test, black playes Rd2 and soon mates! >My SOS-Arena engine found this in less than a second! >(I am very impressed with the speed of this new engine!) > >Little Goliath (V3) finds it in just 3 sec...! > >Also, this move is a good test for portable units. > >My Novag Amber finds this move (...Rd2) in about 30 seconds...! >(very good for a small portable)..! >Novag Scorpio in about 2:20... > Novag Super Forte 6 in about 12 min. etc. > >[D]3r1k2/1R2npp1/p3p3/8/B3P3/2p3p1/PP4P1/R4KNr b - - Chest confirms, that 1.Rd2 is the shortest solution (mate in 9) and is unique. Here is Chest's PV (8.6 minutes on K7/600 350MB hash): PV: Rd2 Rb8+ Nc8 Rxc8+ Ke7 Re8+ Kf6 Rxe6+ fxe6 e5+ Kf7 Be8+ Kxe8 b3 Rf2+ Ke1 Rxg1# Cheers, Heiner
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