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Subject: Re: Mate in 11 moves (by Chest)

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 05:52:02 08/05/02

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On August 02, 2002 at 18:42:18, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On August 02, 2002 at 18:24:15, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:
>
>>Diep and I agree that its a mate in 12 it seems :). Wonderfull position ! Thanks
>>for sharing.
>
>Georg, I think Eduard's mate in 11 is correct (in the sense, that it is at least
>a mate in 11). If I analyze Eduard's line from back to front, I get mate in 11
>at the root rather fast. Also, I cannot find an improvement over the line. After
>2 or 3 moves, Yace reached the search depth, that should enable it to find a
>shorter mate, if one was possible. For the root position, I did not wait long
>enough.

According to Chest this is a mate in 11, and Rh3 is the only key move.
(Athlon 1500+, 350 MB hash, 20.4 hours):

PV: Rh3 Qxf6 Qxf6 exd5 Rg3 d4 h4 d3 cxd3 c4 h5 h6 Qxh6+ Rh7 Qf6+ Rhg7 Rxg7 Rxg7
h6 cxd3 Qxg7#

 Rh3 Qxf6 Qxf6  exd5 Rg3   ...+8
                a5   d6    ...+5
                a6   d6    ...+5
                b5   d6    ...+5
                c4   d6    ...+5
                e5   d6    ...+5
                Rd8  Qxd8+ ...+3
                h5   Rxh5#
                h6   Rxh6#
                -*-  Rg3   ...+5
     h5   Qxh5+ Rh7  Qxh7#
     h6   Qxh6+ Rh7  Qxh7#
     Rg3  Qxh7#
     Rg4  Qxh7#
     Rg5  Qxh7#
     Rg6  Qxh7#
     Rxg2 Qxh7#
     -*-  Qxh7+ Rxh7 Rxh7#


>Where is Heiner?

My PC at home is out of order, so I don't read CCC during week end,
currently.  As you see, I did not miss the challange ;-)

>Regards,
>Dieter

Cheers,
Heiner



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