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Subject: Re: Can you find the mate

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:11:36 11/24/02

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On November 24, 2002 at 09:20:40, Thomas Blomquist wrote:

>[D]1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1
>
> Thomas

I don't think any computer is going to find this in a reasonable amount of time.
From some testing, it appears that CM9000 (default personality) would need to
get to around depth 19 to find the move, and that would take a very long time.

I think a better test position is the one after 5...Kh2, as it appears that
finding 6.Bg3+ (let alone giving it a mating score) is hard enough!

[D]1r4r1/3q1np1/2b1pb1p/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2P2p2/1K3B1k/5BR1 w - - 0 6

CM9000 (default personality), on a P3-733, needs exactly 2 minutes to find Bg3+
and give it a positive score. It takes 7:49 to announce Mate in 10. This is a
good test position.... (wish I still had my P4-2.66....) :-(

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-8.22	5757		6.Rg3 e5 7.Nxc6 Rbc8 8.Ra7
0:00	1/4	-8.18	11989		6.Rg3 e5 7.Nxc6 Rbc8 8.dxe5 Bxe5
					9.Rh3+ Qxh3 10.Bxh3 Kxh3 11.Rxb5
0:00	1/5	-7.92	43740		6.Rg3 e5 7.Nxc6 Ra8 8.Rxb5 exd4
					9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.cxd4
0:01	1/6	-8.36	75497		6.Rg3 e5 7.Nxc6 Ra8 8.Rxf3 Rxa5
					9.Nxa5 e4
0:03	1/7	-8.02	251193		6.Rg3 e5 7.Rxf3 exd4 8.cxd4 Nd6
					9.Nxc6 Nc4+ 10.Bxc4 dxc4
0:11	1/8	-7.92	834581		6.Rg3 e5 7.Rxf3 exd4 8.Rg3 dxc3+
					9.Kc1 d4 10.Nxc6 Rbe8 11.Rg2+ Kh3
					12.Rxg7+ Kh2
0:54	1/9	-8.04	4091649		6.Rg3 e5 7.Rxf3 Qg4 8.Rh3+ Qxh3
					9.Bxh3 Kxh3 10.Nxc6 Rbc8 11.dxe5
					Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Rxb5 Bxc3+
					14.Kc2
2:00	1/9	2.30	9170325		6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8 8.Rb1 Ra1
					9.Kxa1 Ra8+ 10.Kb2 Ra1 11.Rxa1
					Qa7 12.Rxa7
2:06	1/10	2.30	9902435		6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8 8.Rb1 Ra1
					9.Kxa1 Ra8+ 10.Kb2 Ra1 11.Rxa1
					Qa7 12.Rxa7
2:31	2/11	2.50	12933238	6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8 8.Rb1 Ra1
					9.Kxa1 Ra8+ 10.Kb2 Ra1 11.Rxa1
					Qa7 12.Rxa7 Kxf1 13.Nxc6
7:49	3/12	Mate10	47767168	6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8 8.Rb1 Ra1
					9.Kxa1 Ra8+ 10.Kb2 Ra1 11.Kxa1
					Qa7+ 12.Na2 Qxa2+ 13.Kxa2 f2 14.Bh3+
					f1=Q 15.Rxf1#

jm



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