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

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 23:21:21 06/30/02

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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...

while fiddling with my modified crafty , I tested this oldy but goody and was
stunned at the result - it sees the winning move in less < 1 second
"pc" is  a pawn capture extension I'm fiddling with at the moment - extending on
pawn captures that are "near" the King.


White(1): 4r1k1/p1qr1p2/2pb1Bp1/1p5p/3P1n1R/1B3P2/PP3PK1/2Q4R w

       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    8  |   |   |   |   | *R|   | *K|   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    7  | *P|   | *Q| *R|   | *P|   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    6  |   |   | *P| *B|   | B | *P|   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    5  |   | *P|   |   |   |   |   | *P|
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    4  |   |   |   | P |   | *N|   | R |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    3  |   | B |   |   |   | P |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    2  | P | P |   |   |   | P | K |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    1  |   |   | Q |   |   |   |   | R |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

White(1): sd 7
search depth set to 7.
White(1): go
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 166:39 (166:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6     0.34     ++   1. Qxf4!!
                6     1.30   7.71   1. Qxf4 Re5 2. dxe5 Be7 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7
                                    4. Bxe7+ Kxe7 5. Qf6+ Ke8 6. Qxg6+
                6->   1.30   7.71   1. Qxf4 Re5 2. dxe5 Be7 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7
                                    4. Bxe7+ Kxe7 5. Qf6+ Ke8 6. Qxg6+
                7     1.89     ++   1. Qxf4!!
                7     3.67  Mat06   1. Qxf4 Bxf4 2. Rxh5 gxh5 3. Rxh5 Bh6
                                    4. Rxh6 Qh2+ 5. Kxh2 Kf8 6. Rh8#
                7->   3.67  Mat06   1. Qxf4 Bxf4 2. Rxh5 gxh5 3. Rxh5 Bh6
                                    4. Rxh6 Qh2+ 5. Kxh2 Kf8 6. Rh8#
              time=3.67  cpu=396%  mat=-1  n=4451629  fh=85%  nps=1212k
              ext-> chk=414589 cap=8226 pp=1371 1rep=48506 mate=43513 pc=128
              predicted=0  nodes=4451629  evals=410099
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
              SMP->  split=67  stop=9  data=5/32  cpu=14.54  elap=3.67





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