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Subject: Re: Mate in 9

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:53:43 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 - -

Chessmaster 8000 finds it in less than one second:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	1.55	1268		1...Rh4 2.Rd1 Rxd1+ 3.Bxd1 Nc6
0:00	1/3	0.84	1845		1...cxb2 2.Rxb2 f5 3.exf5 Nxf5
0:00	1/3	0.00	4223		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf8 5.Rc8+
0:00	1/4	-3.45	9296		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.Bc2+ Rxc2
					7.Rxf7 Kxf7
0:00	2/5	-Mate09	19082		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.Bc2+ Rxc2
					7.Rxf7 Kxf7 8.bxc3 Rf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxg1#
0:00	2/6	-Mate09	29799		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.Bc2+ Rxc2
					7.Rxf7 Kxf7 8.bxc3 Rf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxg1#
0:00	3/7	-Mate09	50185		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.Bc2+ Rxc2
					7.Rxf7 Kxf7 8.bxc3 Rf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxg1#
0:01	3/8	-Mate09	125090		1...Rd2 2.Rb8+ Nc8 3.Rxc8+ Ke7
					4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.Bc2+ Rxc2
					7.Rxf7 Kxf7 8.bxc3 Rf2+ 9.Ke1 Rxg1#

jm



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