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Subject: Re: Mate in 12

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 11:16:51 07/06/02

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On July 06, 2002 at 09:47:59, Art Basham wrote:

>Qh6 mates in 12..!
>
>[D]1b4k1/r4p2/5Pp1/8/8/8/8/2Q4K w - -
>
>CM5500 takes 8 ply to find it.
>
>Fritz7 says that Qc8+ also mates!

My latest  modified crafty beta (unreleased) does see the mate in 12 in several
seconds

White(1): 1b4k1/r4p2/5Pp1/8/8/8/8/2Q4K w - -

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

White(1): d
White(1): go
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 10:00 (10:00)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
starting thread 1
               10     0.31   7.06   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Qxa3 Be5 6. Qe7 Bxf6
                                    7. Qxf6 Kg8 8. Kg4 Kf8
               10->   0.33   7.06   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Qxa3 Be5 6. Qe7 Bxf6
                                    7. Qxf6 Kg8 8. Kg4 Kf8
               11     0.74   7.41   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Ke4 Ra4+ 6. Kd5 Ra5+
                                    7. Kc4 Ra4+ 8. Kb3 Ra3+ 9. Kxa3 Bd6+
                                    10. Qxd6 g5 11. Qd3+ Kh6 12. Kb3
               11->   0.75   7.41   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Ke4 Ra4+ 6. Kd5 Ra5+
                                    7. Kc4 Ra4+ 8. Kb3 Ra3+ 9. Kxa3 Bd6+
                                    10. Qxd6 g5 11. Qd3+ Kh6 12. Kb3
               12     1.20     ++   1. Qc8+!!
               12     7.27  Mat13   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Ke4 Ra4+ 6. Kd5 Ra5+
                                    7. Kc4 Ra4+ 8. Kb5 Rb4+ 9. Kc6 Rc4+
                                    10. Kd5 Rd4+ 11. Kxd4 Be5+ 12. Kxe5
                                    g5 13. Qg7# <HT>
               12->   7.28  Mat13   1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qf8 Ra1+ 3. Kg2 Ra2+
                                    4. Kf3 Ra3+ 5. Ke4 Ra4+ 6. Kd5 Ra5+
                                    7. Kc4 Ra4+ 8. Kb5 Rb4+ 9. Kc6 Rc4+
                                    10. Kd5 Rd4+ 11. Kxd4 Be5+ 12. Kxe5
                                    g5 13. Qg7# <HT>

solves 286/300 wac300 in one second
test results summary:

total positions searched..........         300
number right......................         286
number wrong......................          14
percentage right..................          95
percentage wrong..................           4
total nodes searched..............    41601173
average search depth..............         4.5
nodes per second..................     1103772

test results summary:


and 299/300 (!wac.230) in 10 seconds
nps were at 1.3 M
total positions searched..........         300
number right......................         299
number wrong......................           1
percentage right..................          99
percentage wrong..................           0
total nodes searched..............   146766154
average search depth..............         4.6
nodes per second..................     1298011




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