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Subject: Re: One mate to solve

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 12:32:34 05/04/02

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On May 04, 2002 at 06:18:09, leonid wrote:

>Hi!
>
>This one should be at reach of every program:
>
>[D]bbkrNQq1/n1P1R1rQ/n1q1R3/BqpqQNQK/3rQ3/3pP3/3pP3/3qQ2B w - -
>
>Please indicate your result.
>
>Thanks,
>Leonid.

Chest finds mate-in-9 with 5 different key moves.  On my K7/600 with 350 MB
hash it needs 1.1 hours.

PV: cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 Rxc6+ Bxc6 Qe6+ Bd7 Nfd6+ Rxd6 Nxd6+ Bxd6 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Qa8+ Bb8
Bb7+ Qxb7 Qxb7#
PV: cxd8=R+ Qxd8 Rxc6+ Bxc6 Qe6+ Bd7 Nfd6+ Rxd6 Nxd6+ Bxd6 Qxd7+ Qxd7 Qa8+ Bb8
Bb7+ Qxb7 Qxb7#
PV: Nfd6+ Qcxd6 Nxd6+ Qxd6 cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 Qxb8+ Qxb8 Rc6+ Bxc6 Qxc6+ Nc7 Rxc7+
Qxc7 Qxc7+ Rxc7 Qxc7#
PV: Ned6+ Qcxd6 Nxd6+ Qxd6 cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 Qxb8+ Qxb8 Rc6+ Bxc6 Qxc6+ Nc7 Rxc7+
Qxc7 Qxc7+ Rxc7 Qxc7#
PV: Qhxg7 Qh8+ Qfxh8 Qxe2+ Qxe2 d1=Q cxb8=Q+ Qxb8 Rxc6+ Qxc6 Qe6+ R4d7 Ned6+
Qbxd6 Qxd8+ Kb7 Nxd6#

The last key move 1.Qhxg7 is especially interesting, since it is not forcing.
There are 56 legal responses, including checks and promotions.
Chest's timing:

#  4      0.14s [  7.00]        6kN [  7.23]  1.04        684-         0
#  5      0.80s [  5.71]       39kN [  6.16]  1.19       4702-         0
#  6      4.90s [  6.12]      237kN [  6.10]  1.60      28088-         0
#  7     33.15s [  6.77]     1792kN [  7.56]  1.72     178708-         0
#  8    308.43s [  9.30]    18593kN [ 10.38]  1.76    1542554-        10
#  9   4113.20s [ 13.34]   249731kN [ 13.43]  1.84   19245574-  10498802

Cheers,
Heiner



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