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Subject: Re: Mate in 14

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:32:41 07/03/02

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On July 03, 2002 at 20:02:44, Art Basham wrote:

>White Mates in 14, I think.. :-)
>
>This is a problem I made up just to see what the computors would do,
>so I am not sure what the correct first move is...:-)
>
>It is probably Qf5+ or Qh5+..etc.
>
>and then later on - Ne3! opens the g file..etc.
>
>[D]r3rb2/p1p2p1k/5P2/1p6/6Q1/q2p4/6NP/5R1K w - -
>
>Maybe John Marlino with his CM9000 will find a shorter way to mate!

Crafty sees only a draw:

middle-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                7     0.55   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8
                                    4. Qg5+
                7->   0.66   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8
                                    4. Qg5+
                8     0.90   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8
                                    4. Qg5+
                8->   1.27   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8
                                    4. Qg5+
                9     2.53   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
                9->   5.36   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               10     6.25   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               10->   8.02   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               11    12.05   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               11->  17.67   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               12     1:22   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               12->   1:38   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               13     2:12   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               13->   3:08   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+
               14    10:05   0.00   1. Qf5+ Kg8 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qf5+



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