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Subject: Re: Mate in 12

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:26:30 04/04/02

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On April 04, 2002 at 17:01:40, Art Basham wrote:

>1. Qc3, d3, d4, e4, e5  etc. mates in 12..!
>
>[D]8/8/8/8/8/8/ppQKPPP1/k7 w - -
>
>WChess finds all the moves when set at only 5 sec. per move,
>but of course does not "see the mate" until near the end...:-)
>
>from 100 Classics of the Chess Board

Seventeen seconds on a PIII-600 for Chessmaster:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/3	7.02	2686		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4
0:00	3/4	7.19	7042		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5
0:00	4/5	8.21	16369		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
0:00	5/6	6.99	43293		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6
0:01	6/7	6.70	132177		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6 Kb1 8.Qg6+ Ka1 9.Qg7
0:03	7/8	7.42	368487		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6 Kb1 8.Qg6+ Ka1 9.Qg7 Kb1
					10.Qh7+ Ka1
0:08	8/9	6.28	1025777		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6 Kb1 8.Qg6+ Ka1 9.Qg7 Kb1
					10.Qh7+ Ka1 11.Qh8
0:17	9/10	Mate12	2141575		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6 Kb1 8.Qg6+ Ka1 9.Qg7 Kb1
					10.Qh7+ Ka1 11.Qh8 Kb1 12.Qh1#
0:30	10/11	Mate12	3734015		1.Qc3 Kb1 2.Qd3+ Ka1 3.Qd4 Kb1
					4.Qe4+ Ka1 5.Qe5 Kb1 6.Qf5+ Ka1
					7.Qf6 Kb1 8.Qg6+ Ka1 9.Qg7 Kb1
					10.Qh7+ Ka1 11.Qh8 Kb1 12.Qh1#

jm



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