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Subject: Re: Solver : What is the fastest chess problem solver

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 09:40:19 04/23/03

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On April 23, 2003 at 00:12:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 22, 2003 at 15:21:24, phili_ppe wrote:
>
>>Thanks Manfred !
>>Chest for UCI is fast.
>> Here's a position (FEN)
>>
>>8/1Q6/3r4/p7/P5N1/5NPp/2K2Ppr/6bk w - - 0 1
>>
>>mate in 11
>>
>>
>>first move is 1.Qb3 !
>>
>>if 1.Qe4? then 1... Rb6 !
>
>Rb6 does not help.
>>
>>Chest says mate in 10 with Qe4, but there is the refutation above.
>
>No there is no refutation for Qe4 and it was verified also by yace.

Thanks, Uri!  I feel better, now ;-)


>>Apart from that it's very good :)
>
>Chest (p850,64 Mbytes hash) says
>
>New game
>8/1Q6/3r4/p7/P5N1/5NPp/2K2Ppr/6bk w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by ChestUCI Ver.2.3:
>
>1.Qe4 Rb6 2.Nxg1 Rb4 3.Qe6 Rxg4 4.Qxg4 Kxg1 5.Qe2 Rh1 6.g4 Kh2 7.Qe5+ Kg1 8.Kd2
>Kxf2 9.Qe3+ Kf1 10.Qe1#
>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 10   06:24:25
>
>(, eim 23.04.2003)
>
>Uri

More detail (solution tree) about 1.Qe4 Rb6 ...

 Qe4 Rb6  Nxg1  Rb4   Qe6   Rxg4  Qxg4  ...+6
                            Rxa4  Qe1   ...+4
                            Rb5   axb5  ...+3
                            Rc4+  Qxc4  ...+3
                            Rb1   Kxb1  ...+1
                            Rb2+  Kxb2  ...+1
                            Rb3   Qxb3  ...+1
                            Rb6   Qxb6  ...+1
                            Re4   Qxe4  ...+1
                            Rf4   gxf4  ...+1
                            Kxg1  Qe1#
                            -*-   f3    ...+4
                Ra6   f3    Rc6+  Qxc6  ...+3
                            Re6   Qxe6  ...+1
                            Kxg1  Qe1#
                            -*-   Nf2+  ...+1
                Rb8   f3    Rc8+  Kb2   ...+3
                            Rb1   Kxb1  ...+1
                            Rb2+  Kxb2  ...+1
                            Re8   Qxe8  ...+1
                            Kxg1  Qe1#
                            -*-   Nf2+  ...+1
                Rd6   f3    Rc6+  Qxc6  ...+3
                            Rd1   Kxd1  ...+1
                            Rd2+  Kxd2  ...+1
                            Re6   Qxe6  ...+1
                            Kxg1  Qe1#
                            -*-   Nf2+  ...+1
                Rc6+  Qxc6  Kxg1  f4    ...+2
                Rg6   Qxg6  Kxg1  f4    ...+2
                Rb5   axb5  a4    Qxa4  ...+1
                            Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rb1   Kxb1  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rb2+  Kxb2  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rb3   Kxb3  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rb7   Qxb7  Kxg1  Qb1#
                Re6   Qxe6  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rf6   Nxf6  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Rh6   Nxh6  Kxg1  Qe1#
                Kxg1  Qe1#

Cheers,
Heiner



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