Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:31:22 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 15:25:48, John Merlino wrote:
>On June 18, 2002 at 14:53:22, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 18, 2002 at 14:16:13, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On June 18, 2002 at 12:30:13, Charlie GOLD wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is a position that I gave to Fritz 6. After 7 minutes on infinite it
>>>>only comes up with Rxf4. I believe that Rxh5 leads to a win.
>>>> [D] 4r1k1/qp1r1p2/2pb1Bp1/p6p/2PP1n1R/1P3P2/P4P2/2Q2K1R w 0 1
>>>
>>>Guess what, folks. Qxf4 is the best move!!! Chessmaster 9000 announces Mate in
>>>10 for Qxf4 in 25 seconds on a PIII-600:
How does CM8000 stack up?
Albert
>>>
>>>Time Depth Score Positions Moves
>>>0:00 1/3 -1.80 2438 1.Rxf4 Bxf4 2.Qxf4 Re6 3.Be5 b6
>>>0:00 1/4 -1.26 7609 1.Rxf4 Bxf4 2.Qxf4 Re6 3.Be5 Kh7
>>> 4.Qg5
>>>0:00 2/5 -1.26 24204 1.Rxf4 Bxf4 2.Qxf4 Re6 3.Be5 Kh7
>>> 4.Qg5
>>>0:02 2/6 -1.43 113961 1.Rxf4 Re6 2.Rf5 Rxf6 3.Rxf6 Qxd4
>>> 4.Qg5 Be5
>>>0:02 2/6 1.34 148059 1.Rxh5 gxh5 2.Qxf4 Re1+ 3.Kxe1
>>> Re7+ 4.Be5 Bxe5 5.Qg5+ Kf8 6.dxe5
>>>0:03 3/7 2.28 229134 1.Rxh5 gxh5 2.Qxf4 Re1+ 3.Kxe1
>>> Re7+ 4.Be5 Bxe5 5.dxe5 Rd7 6.Qg5+
>>> Kf8 7.Rxh5
>>>0:11 3/8 9.09 789648 1.Rxh5 gxh5 2.Qxf4 Re1+ 3.Kxe1
>>> Re7+ 4.Kf1 Re1+ 5.Kxe1 Bb4+ 6.Kf1
>>> Kf8 7.Rxh5
>>>0:15 3/8 13.43 1118477 1.Qxf4 Re1+ 2.Kxe1 Bxf4 3.Rxh5
>>> Re7+ 4.Kf1 Re1+ 5.Kxe1 Bd2+ 6.Kxd2
>>> gxh5 7.Rxh5 Qxd4+ 8.Bxd4 Kf8 9.Rxa5
>>> Ke7
>>>0:25 4/9 Mate10 2173987 1.Qxf4 Re1+ 2.Kg2 Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 Qc5
>>> 4.Rxh5 gxh5 5.Qh6 Qg5+ 6.Qxg5+
>>> Kf8 7.Qg8+ Kxg8 8.Rxh5 Bh2+ 9.Rxh2
>>> Kf8 10.Rh8#
>>>0:31 4/10 Mate10 2759618 1.Qxf4 Re1+ 2.Kg2 Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 Qc5
>>> 4.Rxh5 gxh5 5.Qh6 Qg5+ 6.Qxg5+
>>> Kf8 7.Qg8+ Kxg8 8.Rxh5 Bh2+ 9.Rxh2
>>> Kf8 10.Rh8#
>>>0:45 5/11 Mate10 4504935 1.Qxf4 Re1+ 2.Kg2 Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 Qc5
>>> 4.Rxh5 gxh5 5.Qh6 Qg5+ 6.Qxg5+
>>> Kf8 7.Qg8+ Kxg8 8.Rxh5 Bh2+ 9.Rxh2
>>> Kf8 10.Rh8#
>>[snip]
>>
>>Verified as the best move by Chest:
>>4r1k1/qp1r1p2/2pb1Bp1/p6p/2PP1n1R/1P3P2/P4P2/2Q2K1R w - - acn 175975510; acs
>>1404; bm Qxf4; ce 32748; dm 10; pv Qxf4 Re1+ Kxe1 Bb4+ Kf1 Rxd4 Bxd4 f5 Rxh5
>>gxh5 Rg1+ Kf8 Qxf5+ Ke8 Qc8+ Ke7 Rg7+ Kd6 Qd7#;
>
>Phew! Thanks for verifying that. I was 99.99% sure that it wasn't a bug in the
>new engine, but....
>
>jm
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