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Subject: Re: One mate to solve.

Author: leonid

Date: 14:17:26 09/01/02

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On September 01, 2002 at 07:34:16, Paul wrote:

>On August 31, 2002 at 13:26:16, leonid wrote:
>
>>On August 31, 2002 at 08:15:19, Paul wrote:
>>
>>>On August 31, 2002 at 06:41:28, leonid wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>This position is very easy to solve. At least for black side where mate have
>>>>accessible parameters and mate is 10 moves deep.
>>>>
>>>>[D]3Nqbbk/3NQqRq/3QrRp1/3Pqp2/3Qqn2/2p1Pn2/1r2Pp2/QNKBBQ2 w - -
>>>>
>>>>Please indicate Your result.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Leonid.
>>>
>>>Hi Leonid,
>>
>>Hi, Paul!
>>
>>>My Pretz on a P3/1000 says a mate in 12 in 9 secs for White:
>>
>>Excellent time! Probably You speeded even more Your program.
>>
>>Mine for whites found also mate in 12. There I don't know shortest mate, since
>>for white side my branching was not very glorious.
>
>I tried Chest after I posted, and after 8219 seconds in the background, on low
>priority, it reported 'no mate in 11' ... so 12 it is ...

Wait a minute! Did You searched by brute force, or by much deeper selective
search?

>
>>>00:09 WM12 09 Nxf7+ Qxf7 Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rxf7+ Bxf7 Qxf7+ Kh6 Qh1+ Nh5 Qdxf8+ Kg5
>>>Qd8+ Rf6 Qdxf6+ Nxf6 Qxf6+ Qxf6 Qxf6+ Kg4 Qg2+ Kh5 Qgxg6#
>>>
>>>For Black it's a little shorter and faster:
>>
>>It could be that our programs were indentical, or close for both colors. Mine,
>>on my Celeron 600Mhz and no hash, for white took 13 seconds. For black side it
>>took 0.38 sec.
>
>Well, your black time is 3 times as fast as mine :)

Since Your program is not a mate solver it signify that mine could be speeded
up. For not specilized program Your did better that mine.

>>Did You worked with Your program since I spoke with You last time, or You was
>>"out of town" like me?
>
>I sent you an email ...

Had it!

Cheers,
Leonid.

>>Cheers,
>>Leonid.
>>
>>>00:01 BM10 08 Rxb1+ Qxb1 Qxe3+ Bd2 cxd2+ Kc2 Ne1+ Qxe1 fxe1=N+ Kb2 Q5xd4+ Ka2
>>>Qa7+ Ba4 Qxa4+ Qa3 Qaxa3+ Qxa3 Qxa3#
>
>Groetjes,
>Paul



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