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Subject: Re: Mate in 12 challenge for CHEST

Author: Steven J. Brann

Date: 16:13:09 10/18/02

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On October 17, 2002 at 15:06:44, John Merlino wrote:

>On October 17, 2002 at 01:09:45, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>And other programs as well.
>>
>>[D]rnbQKbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBqkBNR w - -
>>
>>Alybadix 2002 solves this in unbelievable 21,3 sec (Athlon 1466 Mhz). Look at
>>http://www.saunalahti.fi/~iblom/alybadix/ex2002.htm
>>
>>Jouni
>>
>>PS. Solution of course Nc3!
>
>Chessmaster 9000, on a P4-2.66, announces Mate in 12 in 37 seconds:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	0.76	2898		1.Nc3 Nf6+ 2.Kxf7 Qxc2 3.Nf3+ Kxf2
>					4.d3 Nc6 5.Qxc7
>0:00	1/3	3.83	7867		1.Nf3+ Kxf2 2.Ne5 Qxf1 3.Rxf1+
>					Kxf1 4.Qxc8 Nc6
>0:00	1/4	4.68	38924		1.Nf3+ Kxf2 2.Qxc7 d6 3.Qc4 Bd7+
>					4.Kxf8 Nf6+ 5.Kxf7 Be8+ 6.Kxe7
>0:00	1/5	4.86	80634		1.Nf3+ Kxf2 2.Qxc7 d6 3.Qc4 Bd7+
>					4.Kxf8 Nf6+ 5.Kxf7 Be8+ 6.Kxe7
>					Nc6+ 7.Ke6 Bd7+ 8.Kxd6
>0:00	1/6	4.45	184174		1.Nf3+ Kxf2 2.Qxc7 d6 3.Qc4 Bd7+
>					4.Kxf8 Nh6+ 5.Kxg7 Nf5+ 6.Kxh8
>					Be6 7.Qc3 Nd7+ 8.Kxh7 Nf6+ 9.Qxf6
>					exf6
>0:04	1/7	3.36	1103502		1.Nf3+ Kxf2 2.Qxc7 d6 3.Qxc8 Na6
>					4.Qxa8 Nc7+ 5.Kxf8 Nh6+ 6.Kxg7
>					Rxa8 7.Na3
>0:06	1/7	3.41	1607606		1.Qxc7 d6 2.Qxc8 Na6 3.Qxa8 Nc7+
>					4.Kxf8 Nf6+ 5.Kxf7 Rxa8 6.Nf3+
>					Kxf2 7.Na3
>0:11	1/7	6.13	2650166		1.Nc3 Nf6+ 2.Kxf7 Qxc2 3.d3 Kxf1
>					4.Nh3+ Kxg2 5.Bg5 Kxh3 6.Qxc7 Qxd3
>					7.exd3 e5 8.Bxf6
>0:17	1/8	6.18	4636449		1.Nc3 Nf6+ 2.Kxf7 Kxf1 3.Nf3+ Kxg2
>					4.Rxd1 Nc6 5.Qxc7 e5 6.d4 Bb4 7.Nh4+
>					Kh3 8.dxe5
>0:37	1/9	Mate12	10132787	1.Nc3 Nf6+ 2.Kxf7 Kxf1 3.Nf3+ Kxg2
>					4.Rxd1 Nc6 5.Rg1+ Kxf2 6.Nd1+ Kxe2
>					7.Nd4+ Nxd4 8.Qxc7 d6 9.Qc4+ Kf3
>					10.Qd3+ Kf4 11.Qe3+ Kf5 12.Rg5#
>0:43	1/10	Mate12	12287252	1.Nc3 Nf6+ 2.Kxf7 Kxf1 3.Nf3+ Kxg2
>					4.Rxd1 Nc6 5.Rg1+ Kxf2 6.Nd1+ Kxe2
>					7.Nd4+ Nxd4 8.Qxc7 d6 9.Qc4+ Kf3
>					10.Qd3+ Kf4 11.Qe3+ Kf5 12.Rg5#
>
>jm

John,

CM9000, Default Mentor settings but with 128Meg hash comes up with a different
starting move with fewer positions searched. 1.9G P4

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.76	2898		1.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6+ 2.Ke8xf7 Qd1xc2
					3.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 4.d2-d3 Nb8-c6
					5.Qd8xc7
0:00	1/3	3.83	7867		1.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 2.Nf3-e5 Qd1xf1
					3.Rh1xf1+ Kf2xf1 4.Qd8xc8 Nb8-c6
0:00	1/4	4.68	38924		1.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 2.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					3.Qc7-c4 Bc8-d7+ 4.Ke8xf8 Ng8-f6+
					5.Kf8xf7 Bd7-e8+ 6.Kf7xe7
0:00	1/5	4.86	80634		1.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 2.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					3.Qc7-c4 Bc8-d7+ 4.Ke8xf8 Ng8-f6+
					5.Kf8xf7 Bd7-e8+ 6.Kf7xe7 Nb8-c6+
					7.Ke7-e6 Be8-d7+ 8.Ke6xd6
0:01	1/6	4.45	184174		1.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 2.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					3.Qc7-c4 Bc8-d7+ 4.Ke8xf8 Ng8-h6+
					5.Kf8xg7 Nh6-f5+ 6.Kg7xh8 Bd7-e6
					7.Qc4-c3 Nb8-d7+ 8.Kh8xh7 Nd7-f6+
					9.Qc3xf6 e7xf6
0:06	1/7	3.36	1103451		1.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2 2.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					3.Qc7xc8 Nb8-a6 4.Qc8xa8 Na6-c7+
					5.Ke8xf8 Ng8-h6+ 6.Kf8xg7 Rh8xa8
					7.Nb1-a3
0:09	1/7	3.41	1607537		1.Qd8xc7 d7-d6 2.Qc7xc8 Nb8-a6
					3.Qc8xa8 Na6-c7+ 4.Ke8xf8 Ng8-f6+
					5.Kf8xf7 Rh8xa8 6.Ng1-f3+ Ke1xf2
					7.Nb1-a3
0:16	1/7	6.13	2665772		1.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6+ 2.Ke8xf7 Qd1xc2
					3.d2-d3 Ke1xf1 4.Ng1-h3+ Kf1xg2
					5.Bc1-g5 Kg2xh3 6.Qd8xc7 Qc2xd3
					7.e2xd3 e7-e5 8.Bg5xf6
0:26	1/8	6.18	4667565		1.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6+ 2.Ke8xf7 Ke1xf1
					3.Ng1-f3+ Kf1xg2 4.Rh1xd1 Nb8-c6
					5.Qd8xc7 e7-e5 6.d2-d4 Bf8-b4 7.Nf3-h4+
					Kg2-h3 8.d4xe5
0:45	1/9	Mate12	8682579		1.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6+ 2.Ke8xf7 Ke1xf1
					3.Ng1-f3+ Kf1xg2 4.Rh1xd1 Nb8-c6
					5.Rd1-g1+ Kg2xf2 6.Nc3-d1+ Kf2xe2
					7.Nf3-d4+ Nc6xd4 8.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					9.Qc7-c4+ Ke2-f3 10.Qc4-d3+ Kf3-f4
					11.Qd3-e3+ Kf4-f5 12.Rg1-g5#
0:54	1/10	Mate12	10841991	1.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6+ 2.Ke8xf7 Ke1xf1
					3.Ng1-f3+ Kf1xg2 4.Rh1xd1 Nb8-c6
					5.Rd1-g1+ Kg2xf2 6.Nc3-d1+ Kf2xe2
					7.Nf3-d4+ Nc6xd4 8.Qd8xc7 d7-d6
					9.Qc7-c4+ Ke2-f3 10.Qc4-d3+ Kf3-f4
					11.Qd3-e3+ Kf4-f5 12.Rg1-g5#

Steve



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