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Subject: Re: Do you have pos. of truly unexpected sac. which is sound? Does it exist?

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 14:27:10 10/31/02

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On October 31, 2002 at 16:01:23, John Merlino wrote:

>On October 31, 2002 at 12:18:51, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>
>>On October 31, 2002 at 12:11:50, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>[D]5r2/r3Npkp/3pn1p1/qbnNp2P/1p2P3/5P2/PP1QB1P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1
>
>Chessmaster 9000, on a P4 2.66, announces Mate in 10 in three seconds. It did
>not consider Qh6+ until seeing the mate, of course:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	0.41	2581		1.b3 Bxe2 2.h6+ Kh8 3.Qxe2
>0:00	1/4	-1.94	12743		1.b3 Nxb3 2.h6+ Kh8 3.axb3 Qa1+
>					4.Kc2 Ra2+ 5.Kd1 Rxd2+ 6.Kxd2
>0:00	1/4	-0.09	18465		1.Bxb5 Qxa2+ 2.Kc2 Nd4+ 3.Kd1 Qb3+
>					4.Ke1 Nxb5 5.Nf5+ Kh8
>0:00	1/5	-1.31	91429		1.Bxb5 Qxa2+ 2.Kc2 Qb3+ 3.Kb1 Rfa8
>					4.h6+ Kf8 5.Ba4 Qxa4
>0:01	1/6	-2.95	247289		1.Bxb5 Qxa2+ 2.Kc2 Qb3+ 3.Kb1 Rfa8
>					4.h6+ Kh8 5.Ba4 Rxa4 6.Nxg6+ fxg6
>0:01	1/6	-1.71	355216		1.h6+ Kh8 2.Nxb4 Bxe2 3.Qxe2 Qxb4
>					4.Nd5 Nd4 5.Qe3 Qa4
>0:02	1/6	-0.85	420026		1.a3 bxa3 2.Qxa5 Rxa5 3.h6+ Kh8
>					4.b4 a2+ 5.Kb2 a1=Q+ 6.Rxa1 Rxa1
>					7.Rxa1 Bxe2 8.bxc5 dxc5
>0:03	1/7	-0.85	603600		1.a3 bxa3 2.Qxa5 Rxa5 3.h6+ Kh8
>					4.b4 a2+ 5.Kb2 a1=Q+ 6.Rxa1 Rxa1
>					7.Rxa1 Bxe2 8.bxc5 dxc5
>0:03	1/7	Mate10	759862		1.Qh6+ Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5 3.Rh5+
>					Kxh5 4.f4+ Bxe2 5.Nf6+ Kh6 6.Rh1+
>					Bh5 7.Rxh5+ Kg7 8.Ne8+ Rxe8 9.Rxh7+
>					Kf6 10.Rxf7#
>0:04	1/8	Mate10	816955		1.Qh6+ Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5 3.Rh5+
>					Kxh5 4.f4+ Bxe2 5.Nf6+ Kh6 6.Rh1+
>					Bh5 7.Rxh5+ Kg7 8.Ne8+ Rxe8 9.Rxh7+
>					Kf6 10.Rxf7#
>0:04	1/9	Mate10	1021588		1.Qh6+ Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5 3.Rh5+
>					Kxh5 4.f4+ Bxe2 5.Nf6+ Kh6 6.Rh1+
>					Bh5 7.Rxh5+ Kg7 8.Ne8+ Rxe8 9.Rxh7+
>					Kf6 10.Rxf7#
>
>jm



CM8000 (as WB engine under Shredder Classic) and my own BigLion could solve it
even faster. Now my extensions and thick eval take 120 secs on Athlon 900 :(.

/Matthias.




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