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Subject: Re: Mate in 8

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 10:44:57 04/01/02

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On April 01, 2002 at 13:18:44, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On April 01, 2002 at 13:08:08, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On April 01, 2002 at 12:29:44, Art Basham wrote:
>>
>>>Here is one I made up for the fun of it...:-)
>>>(more than one solution)...
>>>
>>>[D]7k/7p/8/6KN/8/7B/8/8 w - -
>
>[...]
>
>>Does any other first move besides Kf6 still lead to forced mate in only 8?
>
>Yes, Be6. Yace also finds Kf6. If I disable this move:
>
>   6332291  42.685  Mat24 13.  1. Be6 h6+ 2. Kf6 Kh7 3. Nf4 h5 4. Nxh5 {EGTB}
>                               4...Kh8 5. Nf4! Kh7 6. Ng6! Kh6 7. Bg8! Kh5 8.
>                               Ne5! Kh4! 9. Bd5 Kh5 10. Be4! Kh6! 11. Ng4+ Kh5
>                               12. Kf5! Kh4 13. Kf4! Kh5! 14. Bf5 Kh4 15. Bg6!
>                               Kh3 16. Ne3! Kh4! 17. Ng2+ Kh3 18. Kf3! Kh2 19.
>                               Nf4 Kh1 20. Bd3 Kh2 21. Kf2! Kh1 22. Kg3! Kg1
>                               23. Nh3+! Kh1 24. Be4#! {690}
>   8123272  51.045  Mat08 14t  1. Be6 h6+ 2. Kf6 Kh7 3. Bf7 Kh8 4. Ke7 Kh7 5.
>                               Kf8 Kh8 6. Nf4 Kh7 7. Bg8+ Kh8 8. Ng6# {610}
>
>And doesn't change anymore for some minutes.

Gaviota is happy to agree with YACE:

[snip]

    215817   9       1.1      :-)  Bh3-e6
    250398   9       1.3   +Mat_9  Bh3-e6   h7-h6    Kg5-f6   Kh8-h7
                                   Kf6-f7   Kh7-h8   Nh5-f4   Kh8-h7
                                   Be6-f5   Kh7-h8   Nf4-g6   Kh8-h7
                                   Ng6-e5   Kh7-h8   Kf7-f8   h6-h5
                                   Ne5-f7
   1134149   9:      6.3   +Mat_9  Bh3-e6   h7-h6    Kg5-f6   Kh8-h7
                                   Kf6-f7   Kh7-h8   Nh5-f4   Kh8-h7
                                   Be6-f5   Kh7-h8   Nf4-g6   Kh8-h7
                                   Ng6-e5   Kh7-h8   Kf7-f8   h6-h5
                                   Ne5-f7
   6157119  10      33.8   +Mat_8  Bh3-e6   h7-h6    Kg5-f6   Kh8-h7
                                   Be6-f7   Kh7-h8   Kf6-e7   Kh8-h7
                                   Ke7-f8   <-transp
  12262859  10:     69.3   +Mat_8  Bh3-e6   h7-h6    Kg5-f6   Kh8-h7
                                   Be6-f7   Kh7-h8   Kf6-e7   Kh8-h7
                                   Ke7-f8   <-transp
  26015857  11     146.8   +Mat_8  Bh3-e6   h7-h6    Kg5-f6   Kh8-h7
                                   Be6-f7   Kh7-h8   Kf6-e7   Kh8-h7
                                   Ke7-f8   Kh7-h8   Nh5-f4   h6-h5
                                   Bf7-g8   h5-h4    Nf4-g6

Which makes me happy too to see reasonable and stable numbers since
I tuned the way I adjust the mate scores. Seeing mate in 9 and then 8 is ok.

Regards,
Miguel


>
>Regards,
>Dieter



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