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Subject: Re: Mate in 14 and the aesthetics of EGTBs

Author: Chris Taylor

Date: 06:43:51 08/11/02

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On August 11, 2002 at 08:16:41, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 11, 2002 at 07:14:59, Chris Taylor wrote:
>
>>
>>3R4/8/8/8/2K5/6p1/3p1rk1/8 b - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Chess Tiger 14.0:
>>
>>78...d1Q 79.Rxd1
>>  -+  (-23.16)   Depth: 8   00:00:00  74kN, tb=23
>>  -+  (-#22)   Depth: 9   00:00:01  210kN, tb=60
>>78...Rf4+ 79.Kc5 Rf5+ 80.Kb4 d1Q 81.Rxd1
>>  -+  (-#21)   Depth: 9   00:00:02  647kN, tb=195
>>  -+  (-#20)   Depth: 11   00:00:08  1950kN, tb=1000
>>78...Kf1 79.Kc3 Ke1 80.Re8+ Re2 81.Rh8 g2 82.Rg8 d1Q 83.Kb4 Rb2+ 84.Kc5
>
>
>I am interested to see your mate in 4 if white plays
>Rg3 or Rg4 and not 83.Kb4
>
> Rc2+
>>85.Kb6 Qb1+ 86.Ka7 Ra2#
>>  -+  (-#19)   Depth: 11   00:00:15  4708kN, tb=1967
>>  -+  (-#9)   Depth: 15   00:07:44  227891kN, tb=43049
>>
>>(Taylor, Notts 11.08.2002)
>>
>>Mate in 9. AMD 1700XP
>
>I do not believe that the position is mate in 9.
>
>You should not believe chess programs about the
>number of moves to mate because if they do not have
>the name chessmaster or yace or crafty they may say
>a number that is smaller than the real number.
>
>Uri

I have not been able to mate in 9 with Gambit Tiger 2.0
You are right in your comment, I stand corrected!!

Chris Taylor



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