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Subject: Re: Mate in 12

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 11:17:55 07/06/02

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oops I meant to say mate in 13 - it is a "mate in 12", my beta jst happens to
see the mate in 13 first

On July 06, 2002 at 14:16:51, Mike Byrne wrote:

>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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