Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:13:59 12/12/02
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On December 12, 2002 at 19:47:18, Art Basham wrote: >Ruffian announced mate in 16 in only afew seconds... >begining with >1. Rg4+..etc. > >[D]1b6/4R1R1/rp6/3K4/k7/pp3N2/bp1B4/7q w - - 0 1 It took CM9000 on a P3-733 less than one second to announce Mate in 16: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 0.00 2454 1.Rg4+ Kb5 2.Rb4+ Ka5 3.Rc4+ Kb5 4.Rb4+ 0:00 1/4 0.00 10044 1.Rg4+ Kb5 2.Rb4+ Ka5 3.Rc4+ Kb5 4.Rb4+ 0:00 1/5 Mate16 36866 1.Rg4+ Kb5 2.Rb4+ Ka5 3.Rbe4+ Kb5 4.Nd4+ Ka4 5.Ne2+ Kb5 6.Nc3+ Ka5 7.Nxa2+ Kb5 8.Nc3+ Ka5 9.Ne2+ Kb5 10.Nd4+ Ka4 11.Nf3+ Kb5 12.Rb4+ Ka5 13.Rxb3+ Ka4 14.Rb4+ Ka5 15.Rxb2+ Ka4 16.Re4# 0:01 1/6 Mate16 111204 1.Rg4+ Kb5 2.Rb4+ Ka5 3.Rbe4+ Kb5 4.Nd4+ Ka4 5.Ne2+ Kb5 6.Nc3+ Ka5 7.Nxa2+ Kb5 8.Nc3+ Ka5 9.Ne2+ Kb5 10.Nd4+ Ka4 11.Nf3+ Kb5 12.Rb4+ Ka5 13.Rxb3+ Ka4 14.Rb4+ Ka5 15.Rxb2+ Ka4 16.Re4# 0:02 1/7 Mate16 329917 1.Rg4+ Kb5 2.Rb4+ Ka5 3.Rbe4+ Kb5 4.Nd4+ Ka4 5.Ne2+ Kb5 6.Nc3+ Ka5 7.Nxa2+ Kb5 8.Nc3+ Ka5 9.Ne2+ Kb5 10.Nd4+ Ka4 11.Nf3+ Kb5 12.Rb4+ Ka5 13.Rxb3+ Ka4 14.Rb4+ Ka5 15.Rxb2+ Ka4 16.Re4# As with the previous position that you posted, all of White's moves are checks, and Black has only one or two legal replies, which makes finding the mate much easier.... jm
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