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Subject: Re: Position -- REVELATION!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:18:08 06/18/02

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On June 18, 2002 at 15:31:22, Albert Silver wrote:

>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

Chessmaster 8000 requires 1:37 (almost four times longer) on the same machine to
announce the Mate in 10:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.72	2354		1. Rxf4 Bxf4 2. Qxf4 Re6 3. Be5 b6
0:00	2/5	-1.28	18471		1. Rxf4 Bxf4 2. Qxf4 Re6 3. Be5
					Kh7 4. Qg5
0:01	2/6	-1.25	87888		1. Rxf4 Re6 2. Rf5 Rxf6 3. Rxf6
					Qxd4 4. Qg5 Qa1+ 5. Kg2 Qxa2
0:02	2/6	2.10	145095		1. Rxh5 gxh5 2. Qxf4 Re1+ 3. Kxe1
					Re7+ 4. Be5 Bxe5 5. dxe5 Rd7 6.
					Qg5+ Kf8 7. Rxh5
0:04	3/7	12.77	304515		1. Rxh5 gxh5 2. Qxf4 Re1+ 3. Kxe1
					Kf8 4. Rxh5 Re7+ 5. Kf1 Ke8 6.
					Qxd6 Re1+ 7. Kxe1
0:17	3/8	Mate13	1522414		1. Rxh5 gxh5 2. Qxf4 Re1+ 3. Kxe1
					Re7+ 4. Kf1 Re1+ 5. Kxe1 Bb4+ 6.
					Kd1 Kf8 7. Re1 Bxe1 8. Qh6+ Ke8
					9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qe7+ Kg8 11. Qe8+
					Kh7 12. Qxf7+ Kh6 13. Qg7#
0:20	4/9	Mate12	1830513		1. Rxh5 gxh5 2. Qxf4 Re1+ 3. Kxe1
					Re7+ 4. Kf1 Qxd4 5. Rxh5 Re1+ 6.
					Kxe1 Qa1+ 7. Bxa1 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Kf8
					9. Rh8+ Ke7 10. Bf6+ Kd7 11. Rd8+
					Ke6 12. Qe5#
0:35	4/10	Mate12	3460310		1. Rxh5 Re1+ 2. Kxe1 gxh5 3. Qxf4
					Re7+ 4. Kf1 Qxd4 5. Rxh5 Re1+ 6.
					Kxe1 Qa1+ 7. Bxa1 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Kf8
					9. Rh8+ Ke7 10. Bf6+ Kd7 11. Rd8+
					Ke6 12. Qe5#
1:37	4/10	Mate10	10204873	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#
1:49	5/11	Mate10	11472219	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#

jm



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