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Subject: Re: White to Play and win in 13 moves !

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:43:35 04/18/03

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On April 18, 2003 at 17:35:25, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On April 18, 2003 at 15:46:04, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>> 8/6Q1/8/1R5p/8/4r3/8/1K1kq3 w - - 0 1
>
>Yace does not find a mate within an hour, but at least a rather convincing
>score:
>
>[nodes      time     score depth]
>  90238839  1:56.1   0.00 11.  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Qd5+ Rd2 3. Qxh5+ Qe2 4. Qxe2+
>                               {EGTB} 4...Rxe2 5. Rc5 Rf2 6. Rd5+ Rd2 7. Re5
>                               Re2 8. Rf5 Rg2 9. Rh5 Rg3 10. Rh6 Rg4 11. Rh7
>                               Rg5 12. Rh8 Rg6 13. Rf8 Rh6 14. Rg8 Rh7 15. Rf8
>                               Rg7 16. Rh8 Rf7 17. Rg8 Rh7 18. Rf8 Rg7 19. Rh8
>                               Rf7 20. Rg8 Rh7 {repetition} {0}
> 106141646  2:26.1   0.01 12t  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 {HT}
> 328388697  7:35.7   0.01 12.  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8
> 341239835  7:55.1   0.41 13++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 Qe2 4. Qh1+ Qe1
>                               5. Qxh5+ Qe2 6. Qh1+ Qe1 7. Qf3+ Qe2 8. Qc6 Qe3
>                               9. Qa4+ Ke2 10. Re8 Rd4 11. Rxe3+ Kd2 12. Qa2+
>                               Kxe3 {501}
> 343566389  7:58.0   1.41 13++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Rd4 12. Rxe3+
>                               Kf2 13. Qa2+ Kxe3 {501}
> 345247243  8:00.9   6.41 13++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Rd4 12. Rxe3+
>                               Kf2 13. Qa2+ Kf1 {1001}
> 353650188  8:12.2   9.95 13t  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Kf2 12. Rxe3
>                               Kg1 13. Qc2 Rd8 {HT}
> 934614742 20:41.5   9.95 13.  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Kf2 12. Rxe3
>                               Kg1 13. Qc2 Rd8
> 948156524 20:59.9  10.35 14++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Rc2 12. Rxe3+
>                               Kd1
> 948446295 21:00.4  11.35 14++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Rb2+ 12. Kxb2
>                               Kd3 13. Rxe3+ Kd2
> 949512300 21:02.0  16.35 14++ 1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe3 10. Qa4+ Ke2 11. Re8 Rb2+ 12. Kxb2
>                               Kd3 13. Rxe3+ Kd2
> 984626898 21:47.3  18.97 14t  1. Qg2 Re2 2. Rd5+ Rd2 3. Rd8 h4 4. Qg4+ Qe2 5.
>                               Qa4+ Ke1 6. Qxh4+ Kd1 7. Qh1+ Qe1 8. Qf3+ Qe2
>                               9. Qc6 Qe1 10. Qc1+ Ke2 11. Re8+ Kf3 12. Rxe1
>                               Rd8 13. Qd1+ Kf4 14. Qxd8 Kf5 {1501}
>
>
>With such a good score, Yace will also not try hard to find a mate (it tries
>hard to find a good move for the losing side, instead).
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

Actually, with Yace's final PV, should it have been able to give a mating result
based on tablebases? There are only four pieces on the board after 14.Qxd8 in
the last PV.

From what I can tell, I THINK White has a mate in about 45-50 moves from the
initial position.

jm



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