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Subject: Re: Challenge for the weekend (1)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:59:59 04/20/02

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On April 20, 2002 at 09:38:05, Ed Schröder wrote:

>4 mate positions I think Rebel is good, if not superior :-)
>
>You are invited to disproof....
>
>Ed
>
>===========================
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>[d]5n2/B3K3/2p2Np1/4k3/7P/3bN1P1/2Prn1P1/1q6 w - - 0 1 id Mate in 30;
>

CM cannot see this one because it has a max search depth of less than 50 plies.

>
>[d]1b4k1/r4p2/5Pp1/7p/6p1/8/8/2Q4K w - - 0 1 id Mate in 15;
>
>Rebel: 2.4 seconds.
>
>Maybe there is a shorter mate.
>

There is! CM (PIII-733) announces Mate in 13 in 5 seconds (it also announces
Mate in 15 in 1 second):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	4.87	8051		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Ra3+
					7.Kc4 Ra4+ 8.Kb3 Ra3+ 9.Kxa3 Bd6+
					10.Qxd6 h4
0:00	2/5	5.92	20516		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Rd2+
					7.Kxd2 Bf4+ 8.Ke2 Bh6 9.Qxf7+ Kh8
					10.Qxg6
0:00	2/5	7.15	32717		1.Qh6 Ra1+ 2.Kg2 Ra2+ 3.Kf1 Ra1+
					4.Ke2 Ra2+ 5.Kd3 Rd2+ 6.Kxd2 Bf4+
					7.Qxf4 Kh7 8.Qh2
0:00	3/6	7.17	40172		1.Qh6 Ra1+ 2.Kg2 Ra2+ 3.Kf1 Ra1+
					4.Ke2 Ra2+ 5.Kd3 Rd2+ 6.Kxd2 Bf4+
					7.Qxf4 Kh7 8.Qh2 Kh6 9.Ke3
0:00	4/7	Mate18	77291		1.Qh6 Ra1+ 2.Kg2 Ra2+ 3.Kf1 Ra1+
					4.Ke2 Ra2+ 5.Kd3 Rd2+ 6.Kc4 Rc2+
					7.Kb5 Rb2+ 8.Kc6 Rc2+ 9.Kd7 Rd2+
					10.Kc8 Rc2+ 11.Kxb8 Rb2+ 12.Ka7
					Ra2+ 13.Kb6 Rb2+ 14.Ka5 Ra2+ 15.Kb4
					Rb2+ 16.Ka3
0:01	4/7	Mate15	127778		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Rd2+
					7.Kc4 Rc2+ 8.Kb5 Rb2+ 9.Kc6 Rc2+
					10.Kd7 Rd2+ 11.Ke8 Re2+ 12.Kxf7
					Re7+ 13.fxe7 Be5 14.Qg8+ Kh6 15.Qxg6#
0:02	5/8	Mate15	275327		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Rd2+
					7.Kc4 Rc2+ 8.Kb5 Rb2+ 9.Kc6 Rc2+
					10.Kd7 Rd2+ 11.Ke8 Re2+ 12.Kxf7
					Re7+ 13.fxe7 Be5 14.Qg8+ Kh6 15.Qxg6#
0:05	6/9	Mate13	631876		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Rd2+
					7.Kxd2 Bf4+ 8.Ke2 Bh6 9.Qxf7+ Kh8
					10.Qxg6 Bf8 11.f7 Bg7 12.Qxh5+
					Bh6 13.Qxh6#
0:10	7/10	Mate13	1393888		1.Qc8+ Kh7 2.Qf8 Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+
					4.Kf1 Ra1+ 5.Ke2 Ra2+ 6.Kd3 Rd2+
					7.Kxd2 Bf4+ 8.Ke2 Bh6 9.Qxf7+ Kh8
					10.Qxg6 Bf8 11.f7 Bg7 12.Qxh5+
					Bh6 13.Qxh6#


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>[d]8/8/8/8/8/8/ppQKPPP1/k7 w - - 0 1 id Mate in 12;
>
>Rebel 4.6 seconds.
>

15 seconds for CM:

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
0:02	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
0:07	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
0:15	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#

>[d]3b4/p3P1q1/P1n2pr1/4p3/2B1n1Pk/1P1R4/P1p3KN/1N6 w - - 0 1 id Mate in 15;
>
>Rebel 3.6 seconds.
>

Two seconds for CM:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-7.81	19748		1.Rh3+ Kg5 2.Nc3 Nxc3 3.exd8=N
					Nxd8 4.Rxc3
0:01	1/4	-5.59	64766		1.Rh3+ Kg5 2.Rh5+ Kf4 3.Rf5+ Ke3
					4.Rf3+ Kd4 5.Rd3+ Kc5 6.Rd5+ Kb6
					7.Rb5+ Kc7 8.Rb7+ Kd6 9.e8=N+ Kc5
					10.Rxg7 cxb1=Q 11.Rxg6 Qxa2+ 12.Kh1
0:02	2/5	Mate15	134494		1.Rh3+ Kg5 2.Rh5+ Kf4 3.Rf5+ Ke3
					4.Rf3+ Kd4 5.Rd3+ Kc5 6.Rd5+ Kb6
					7.Rb5+ Kc7 8.Rb7+ Kd6 9.e8=N+ Kc5
					10.Rb5+ Kd4 11.Rd5+ Ke3 12.Rd3+
					Kf4 13.Rf3+ Kg5 14.Rf5+ Kh6 15.Rh5#
0:03	2/6	Mate15	278375		1.Rh3+ Kg5 2.Rh5+ Kf4 3.Rf5+ Ke3
					4.Rf3+ Kd4 5.Rd3+ Kc5 6.Rd5+ Kb6
					7.Rb5+ Kc7 8.Rb7+ Kd6 9.e8=N+ Kc5
					10.Rb5+ Kd4 11.Rd5+ Ke3 12.Rd3+
					Kf4 13.Rf3+ Kg5 14.Rf5+ Kh6 15.Rh5#

jm



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