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Subject: Re: 009 - mate in xx ?

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 19:49:19 09/03/02

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On September 03, 2002 at 19:43:27, Paul wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 18:33:46, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2002 at 18:31:11, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>
>>>On September 03, 2002 at 18:00:04, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 03, 2002 at 15:25:44, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Komposition by E.N.:
>>>>>
>>>>>[D]3B4/4p3/4P3/6bp/7k/5K1P/7P/5B2 w - - 0 1
>>>>>
>>>>>Eduard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Chess Tiger 15 says mate in 11 in 3min 52s (P4 1.6GHz 96Mb HT).
>>>>
>>>>00:03:52.7 Ke4 Bf6 Kf5 Bg5 Bb5 Kxh3 Kxg5 Kg2 Bxe7 Kf2 Bc5+ Kf3 e7 Kg2 Bd6 h4 e8Q
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>This is correctly, In think this is a mate in 11. Great analysis from Tiger 15!
>>>
>>>Eduard
>>
>>
>>
>>Oops... Actually it looks like there is a mate in 10.
>>
>>It took CT15 12min 46s to find it.
>>
>>00:12:46.3 Ke4 Bf6 Kf5 Bg5 Be2 Kxh3 Kxg5 h4 Kf4 Kxh2 Kf3 Kh3 Bd3 Kh2 Kf2
>>
>>I'm going to stop analysis now, my notebook is overheating (it's 32°C in the
>>room here)! :)
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>Hi Christophe,
>
>Actually I think your first guess was better ;) ... seems to be a mate in 11, to
>both my program and Chest (Chest says there is no mate in 10, I haven't let it
>run to find a mate in 11).
>
>Your last line after Ke4 Bf6 Kf5 Bg5 (your mate in 11 line starts the same)
>still leaves a mate in 9 according to Chest:
>
>[D]3B4/4p3/4P3/5Kbp/7k/7P/7P/5B2 w - - acn 16240625; acs 113; bm Ba6 Bb5 Bc4 Bd3
>Be2; ce 32750; dm 9; pv Be2 Kxh3 Kxg5 h4 Bxe7 Kxh2 Bd6+ Kg2 e7 h3 e8=Q h2 Qa8+
>Kf2 Qf3+ Ke1 Bb4#;
>
>Hope I'm not missing something obvious ...
>
>Salut,
>Paul



Maybe a HT artifact in the Tiger engine. It's there since a while... :)



    Christophe



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