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Subject: Re: Mate in 8

Author: Lyn Harper

Date: 18:15:58 04/06/02

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On April 06, 2002 at 14:35:28, John Merlino wrote:

>On April 06, 2002 at 13:24:53, Art Basham wrote:
>
>>Neat problem...
>>for humans and computers...!
>>
>>[D]8/p7/R7/NkN5/3p1p2/P2P1Pp1/6K1/8 w - -
>>
>>1. Nc4...! etc.
>
>26 seconds for Chessmaster 8000 on a PIII-733:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	9.84	494		1.Rf6 Kxc5 2.Rf5+ Kd6 3.Nc4+ Ke6
>					4.Rxf4
>0:00	2/4	10.05	1653		1.Rf6 Kxa5 2.Rxf4 Kb5 3.Ne6
>0:00	3/5	10.15	6968		1.Rf6 Kxa5 2.Nb7+ Ka4 3.Rxf4 Kxa3
>					4.Kxg3
>0:00	3/5	11.35	10104		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Ra5+ Kc6 3.Rf5 a6
>





					4.Rxf4 Kd5 5.Kxg3

>0:00	4/6	11.35	33421		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Ra5+ Kc6 3.Rf5 a6
>					4.Rxf4 Kd5 5.Kxg3
>0:01	5/7	12.36	121607		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Ra5+ Kc6 3.Rxa7 Kd5
>					4.Rf7 Kc6 5.Rxf4 Kd5 6.Kxg3
>0:03	6/8	12.43	431937		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Ra5+ Kc6 3.Rxa7 Kc5
>					4.Ra5+ Kc6 5.Rf5 Kd7 6.Rxf4 Ke6
>					7.Kxg3 Kd5
>0:09	7/9	13.45	1447426		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Ra5+ Kc6 3.Rxa7 Kc5
>					4.Ra5+ Kc6 5.Ra6+ Kd7 6.Rd6+ Ke7
>					7.Rxd4 Kf6 8.Rxf4+ Ke6 9.Kxg3 Kd5
>					10.a4
>0:26	8/10	Mate08	4359746		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Nd6 Kd5 3.Ne4 Ke5
>					4.Nf6 Kf5 5.Ng4 Kg5 6.Nh6 Kh4 7.Nf7
>					Kh5 8.Rh6#
>0:39	9/11	Mate08	6508221		1.Nc4 Kxc5 2.Nd6 Kd5 3.Ne4 Ke5
>					4.Nf6 Kf5 5.Ng4 Kg5 6.Nh6 Kh4 7.Nf7
>					Kh5 8.Rh6#
>
>jm
    Did I get diddled when I bought my computer? It takes CM8K 28secs to solve
 this on a 1.3Ghz P4. Or am I setting the thing up wrong to solve the mate?
 Incidentally, the default CM personality is fastest, it seems, when it
comes to mate solving. I tried a couple of custom personalities, and they
were slower.



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