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Subject: Re: Neat Mate in 9 ...

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 11:06:02 03/25/02

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On March 25, 2002 at 11:54:32, Art Basham wrote:

>Good test move for engines...black plays Bxg2+ and soon mates!
>
>[D]5rk1/1b2nr1p/p2q4/1p6/2pP2p1/2P3N1/PPBB2PP/R2Q2NK b - -
>
>Some of my engines in Arena have trouble finding this neat win for black!

For Gaviota, ~4 seconds on slow hardware (Pentium 133 mhz).
~8 seconds to find the mate in 9.

Regards,
Miguel

5rk1/1b2nr1p/p2q4/1p6/2pP2p1/2P3N1/PPBB2PP/R2Q2NK b - - 0 1
+-----------------+
| . . . . . r k . |
| . b . . n r . x |
| x . . q . . . . |
| . x . . . . . . |
| . . x o . . x . |
| . . o . . . N . |
| o o B B . . o o |
| R . . Q . . N K |
+-----------------+

legal moves available = 48
        12   1       0.0    -2.48  Kg8-h8   Qd1xg4
        40   1       0.0    -2.26  Rf8-e8   Bd2-g5
       127   1       0.0    -2.04  Rf7-g7
       441   1       0.1    -1.98  Rf7-f2   Qd1xg4   Ne7-g6
       443   1:      0.1    -1.98  Rf7-f2   Qd1xg4   Ne7-g6
       489   2       0.1    -1.98  Rf7-f2   Qd1xg4   <EMPTY>  <-transp
       716   2:      0.2    -1.98  Rf7-f2   Qd1xg4   <EMPTY>  <-transp
      1427   3       0.4      :-(  Rf7-f2
      9048   3       2.1    -2.21  Kg8-h8   Bc2-e4   Bb7xe4   Ng3xe4
     12920   3       3.0    -2.14  Ne7-g6   Bc2-e4   Bb7xe4   Ng3xe4
     15572   3:      3.7    -2.14  Ne7-g6   Bc2-e4   Bb7xe4   Ng3xe4
     17798   4       4.2    -2.16  Ne7-g6   Bd2-g5   Rf7-f2   Bc2-e4
                                   Bb7xe4   Ng3xe4
     19145   4       4.5      :-)  Bb7xg2
     19409   4       4.5      :-)  Bb7xg2
     19798   4       4.6      :-)  Bb7xg2
     24279   4       5.4    +4.40  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2xh7
                                   Kg8xh7
     24456   4:      5.5    +4.40  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2xh7
                                   Kg8xh7
     24851   5       5.6      :-)  Bb7xg2
     26590   5       6.1      :-)  Bb7xg2
     27544   5       6.2      :-)  Bb7xg2
     28101   5       6.3      :-)  Bb7xg2
     41129   5       8.6   +Mat_9  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2-e4
                                   Qg4xe4   Ng1-f3   Qe4xf3   Kh1-g1
                                   Qf3-g2
     46224   5:     12.2   +Mat_9  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2-e4
                                   Qg4xe4   Ng1-f3   Qe4xf3   Kh1-g1
                                   Qf3-g2
     74668   6      17.1   +Mat_9  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2-e4
                                   Qg4xe4   Ng1-f3   Qe4xf3   Kh1-g1
                                   Qf3-g2
     78761   6:     18.0   +Mat_9  Bb7xg2   Kh1xg2   Rf7-f2   Kg2-h1
                                   Rf2xh2   Kh1xh2   Rf8-f2   Kh2-h1
                                   Qd6xg3   Qd1xg4   Qg3xg4   Bc2-e4
                                   Qg4xe4   Ng1-f3   Qe4xf3   Kh1-g1
                                   Qf3-g2



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