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Subject: Re: test position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:15:46 07/21/02

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On July 21, 2002 at 13:20:19, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>
> [D] 8/K6N/8/2N5/1n6/6Q1/6pn/6k1 w - - 0 1
>
>Gurevich, 1927
>White wins. White to begin.
>
>here is the line that was offered as a Solution:
>1. Ne4 Nd3 2. Qf2!!! Nxf2 3. Ng3+ Kg1
>4. Ng5!! Nd3 5. Nh3#
>

Given the actual position above (which is apparently incorrect as per Uri's
post), Chessmaster 9000 (on a PIII-733) announces a Mate in 14 in 4 seconds, and
eventually brings it down to Mate in 11 after 22 seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	8.21	2315		1.Qe1+ Nf1 2.Qxb4 Kh1 3.Qh4+ Nh2
					4.Qe4
0:00	1/4	8.15	7931		1.Qe1+ Nf1 2.Qxb4 Kh1 3.Qh4+ Nh2
					4.Qe4 Ng4
0:00	1/5	8.90	24289		1.Qe1+ Nf1 2.Ng5 Nc6+ 3.Kb6 Nd4
					4.Qh4 Ne3 5.Nh3+ Kh2 6.Nf4+ Kg1
					7.Nxg2 Kxg2 8.Qxd4
0:01	1/6	8.95	82780		1.Qe1+ Nf1 2.Ng5 Kh1 3.Nf3 g1=Q
					4.Qh4+ Nh2 5.Nxg1 Kxg1 6.Qxb4 Nf3
					7.Qf4
0:01	1/7	9.07	146289		1.Qe1+ Nf1 2.Ng5 Kh1 3.Qh4+ Nh2
					4.Nf3 g1=Q 5.Nxg1 Kxg1 6.Ne4 Nd3
					7.Qg3+ Kh1 8.Qxd3 Kg2
0:03	1/7	10.99	378232		1.Ne4 Nf3 2.Qxf3 Nc6+ 3.Kb6 Nb8
					4.Qd1+ Kh2 5.Qd6+ Kh1 6.Nf2+ Kg1
					7.Nh3+ Kh1 8.Qxb8
0:04	2/8	Mate14	545840		1.Ne4 Nf3 2.Qxf3 Nc6+ 3.Kb6 Ne5
					4.Qd1+ Kh2 5.Qh5+ Kg1 6.Nhg5 Nd3
					7.Nh3+ Kh2 8.Nhf2+ Kg1 9.Qd1+ Kh2
					10.Ng4+ Kh3 11.Qf3+ Kh4 12.Qg3+
					Kh5 13.Ngf6+ Kh6 14.Qg5#
0:11	3/9	Mate12	1557092		1.Ne4 Nc6+ 2.Kb6 Kh1 3.Nf2+ Kg1
					4.Nh3+ Kh1 5.Qe1+ Nf1 6.Qf2 Kh2
					7.Nf4 Ne3 8.Qh4+ Kg1 9.Nh3+ Kh2
					10.N3g5+ Kg1 11.Nf3+ Kf1 12.Qe1#
0:22	4/10	Mate11	3287648		1.Ne4 Kh1 2.Nf2+ Kg1 3.Nh3+ Kh1
					4.Qe1+ Nf1 5.Qf2 Kh2 6.Nf4 Ne3
					7.Qh4+ Kg1 8.Nh3+ Kh2 9.N3g5+ Kg1
					10.Nf3+ Kf1 11.Qe1#
0:44	5/11	Mate11	6785787		1.Ne4 Kh1 2.Nf2+ Kg1 3.Nh3+ Kh1
					4.Qe1+ Nf1 5.Qf2 Kh2 6.Nf4 Ne3
					7.Qh4+ Kg1 8.Nh3+ Kh2 9.N3g5+ Kg1
					10.Nf3+ Kf1 11.Qe1#

However, given the correct(?) position (with the Black King on h1), CM9000 does
not announce a mate, which almost certainly means that this position is not a
Mate in 5.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	3.66	2032		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qxd3 g1=Q+ 3.Kb7
0:00	1/4	3.66	3692		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Kb7 g1=Q 3.Qxd3
0:00	1/5	3.54	9067		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qxd3 g1=Q+ 3.Ka6 Qa1+
					4.Kb5 Ng4
0:00	1/6	3.54	22917		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qxd3 g1=Q+ 3.Kb7 Qg7+
					4.Kc6 Ng4 5.Nhg5
0:01	1/7	3.79	81071		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qxd3 g1=Q+ 3.Kb7 Qg7+
					4.Kc6 Qf7 5.Nhg5 Qg6+ 6.Kb5 Qf5+
					7.Ka4
0:01	2/8	3.93	132280		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qxd3 g1=Q+ 3.Kb7 Qg7+
					4.Kc6 Qf7 5.Nhf6 Qe6+ 6.Kb5 Qe5+
					7.Nd5 Kg1
0:04	3/9	8.62	420974		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qf2 Ng4 3.Qh4+ Kg1
					4.Qxg4 Nf2 5.Nxf2 Kxf2 6.Qf4+ Kg1
					7.Qe3+ Kh2
0:08	4/10	8.84	1013982		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qf2 g1=Q 3.Ng3+ Qxg3
					4.Qxg3 Nc5 5.Kb6 Ne6 6.Qe1+ Kg2
					7.Qxe6 Nf3 8.Nf6
0:19	5/11	8.97	2335503		1.Ne4 Nd3 2.Qf2 Ng4 3.Qh4+ Kg1
					4.Qxg4 Nf2 5.Nxf2 Kxf2 6.Qd4+ Kf1
					7.Qd1+ Kf2 8.Ng5 Kg3 9.Qe1+ Kg4
					10.Qe3
1:16	6/12	9.21	9943492		1.Ne4 g1=Q+ 2.Nf2+ Qxf2+ 3.Qxf2
					Nc6+ 4.Kb6 Ne5 5.Qe1+ Kg2 6.Qe2+
					Kg1 7.Qxe5 Nf1 8.Ng5 Kf2 9.Qf4+
					Ke2 10.Qf3+ Ke1 11.Kc5
3:05	7/13	11.29	23990556	1.Ne4 g1=Q+ 2.Nf2+ Qxf2+ 3.Qxf2
					Nc6+ 4.Kb7 Ne5 5.Qe1+ Kg2 6.Qe2+
					Kh3 7.Ng5+ Kg3 8.Qxe5+ Kg4 9.Ne6
					Kh3 10.Qe3+ Kg4 11.Qg1+ Kf5 12.Ng7+
					Ke4 13.Qxh2

>I did not understand Deep Junior7 eval with the position,starting
>from the move after Ng5. DJ7 would not post a mate.
>
> [D] 8/K7/8/6N1/8/6N1/5npn/6k1 b - -

That's quite odd, given that it's a Mate in 1!

jm




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