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Subject: Re: Black to move and mate in 9? Any engine confirm this?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 07:57:13 02/15/03

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On February 15, 2003 at 09:17:38, Anson T J wrote:

>[d]r2qr1k1/pp3ppp/3b4/2pp2P1/3n2bP/2P5/PP1PNQ2/RNBK3R b - - 0 1
>Game I played earlier on ICC
>
>White resigned after playing Ne2.
>
>I'm sure all engines will find Rxe2! Here with a mate score but does any engine
>confirm mate in 9?

Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, says mate in 10 after 13 seconds, then announces
mate in 9 after 57 seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-14.51	5686		1...Rxe2 2.Qxd4 cxd4 3.Kc2 d3+
					4.Kxd3 Qe7
0:00	1/4	-14.51	8948		1...Rxe2 2.Qxd4 cxd4 3.Kc2 Qe7
					4.Rf1 d3+ 5.Kb3
0:01	1/5	-15.43	51200		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 cxd4
					4.b3 Rc8+ 5.Kb2 Qa5
0:03	1/6	-18.10	104080		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 Bf5+
					4.Kd1 Qe8 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.g6 dxc3
					7.gxf7+ Qxf7
0:05	1/7	-18.10	349783		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 Bf5+
					4.Kd1 Qe8 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.g6 dxc3
					7.gxf7+ Qxf7
0:13	1/8	-Mate10	1159196		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 Qc8
					4.b3 cxd4+ 5.Kb2 Bf5 6.b4 Qc2+
					7.Ka3 Rf3+ 8.Nc3 Rxc3+ 9.dxc3 Qxc3+
					10.Ka4 Qxb4#
0:26	1/9	-Mate10	2748108		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 Qc8
					4.Re1 Qf5+ 5.Kc3 Rf3+ 6.Re3 cxd4+
					7.Kb3 Rxe3+ 8.Ka4 Qc2+ 9.b3 Bd7+
					10.Ka5 Qc5#
0:57	1/10	-Mate09	6528701		1...Rxe2 2.cxd4 Rxf2+ 3.Kc2 Bf5+
					4.Kd1 Qe8 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Re1 d3 7.b3
					Bg4+ 8.Ne2 Bxe2+ 9.Rxe2 Qxe2#

jm



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