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Subject: Re: Mate in 20....?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:14:03 06/25/02

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On June 25, 2002 at 19:44:39, Art Basham wrote:

>After 3 or 4 min, In this position, the Fritz 7 program  ann. a mate in 20...!
>Beginning with QXN, etc.
>
>[D]4r1k1/p1qr1p2/2pb1Bp1/1p5p/3P1n1R/1B3P2/PP3PK1/2Q4R w - -
>
>1. QXN also make a good test move for engines to find...

Ain't no thang....

Chessmaster 9000 announces Mate in 6 in one second on my PIII-600:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.63	1159		1.Kf1 Nd5 2.Bg5 f6
0:00	1/4	-1.17	6144		1.Kf1 a5 2.Bg5 Nd5 3.Re4
0:00	1/4	3.69	10406		1.Qxf4 Bxf4 2.Rxh5 gxh5 3.Rxh5
					Bh6 4.Rxh6 Qh2+ 5.Kxh2
0:00	1/5	10.19	24318		1.Qxf4 Be7 2.Rxh5 Bxf6 3.Qxf6 gxh5
					4.Rxh5 Qh2+ 5.Kxh2
0:01	1/6	Mate06	72758		1.Qxf4 Be7 2.Rxh5 Bxf6 3.Qxf6 gxh5
					4.Rxh5 Qh2+ 5.Kxh2 Kf8 6.Rh8#
0:01	1/7	Mate06	81999		1.Qxf4 Be7 2.Rxh5 Bxf6 3.Qxf6 gxh5
					4.Rxh5 Qh2+ 5.Kxh2 Kf8 6.Rh8#

jm



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