Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:30:52 08/01/02
I remember that some people here occasionally ask for long forced mate positions from real games. Here is a position from a game that I played with Chessmaster 9000 on ICC today: [D]rnb1k2r/pppp3p/6q1/7Q/8/8/PP2BKPP/R1B4R w kq - 0 14 The King announces Mate in 11 in 3:30 on my humble PIII-600: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 7.13 3521 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Qxh5 16.Qxh5+ Kg7 0:00 1/4 7.27 8121 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Rf8 16.Bxg6+ Kxg6+ 17.Bf4 d6 0:00 1/5 6.93 40177 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Re8 16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Qf4+ Kg8 18.Qxc7 0:00 1/6 7.06 78163 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Re8 16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Qxc7 Nc6 18.Qd6 0:03 1/7 7.12 333743 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Re8 16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Qxc7 Nc6 18.Qf4+ Kg8 19.Re1 0:10 1/8 7.57 995029 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Qxh8 Nc6 16.Bc4+ d5 17.Bxd5+ Ke7 18.Re1+ Kd6 19.Bxc6 Kxc6 20.Qe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxe8 0:28 1/9 7.55 2682427 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Bh5 Re8 16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Qxc7 Nc6 18.Re1 Rxe1 19.Qf4+ Kg8 20.Kxe1 3:30 1/10 Mate11 20810159 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Rf1 Rd8 16.Kg1+ Kg8 17.Bc4+ d5 18.Bxd5+ Rxd5 19.Qxd5+ Kg7 20.Qd4+ Kg8 21.Qd8+ Qe8 22.Qxe8+ Kg7 23.Qf8+ Kg6 24.Qf7# 4:46 2/11 Mate11 29390348 14.Qe5+ Kf7 15.Rf1 Rd8 16.Kg1+ Kg8 17.Bc4+ d5 18.Bxd5+ Rxd5 19.Qxd5+ Kg7 20.Qd4+ Kg8 21.Qd8+ Qe8 22.Qxe8+ Kg7 23.Qf8+ Kg6 24.Qf7# I expect somebody with faster hardware can do better. jm
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