Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:09:45 05/16/03
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On May 16, 2003 at 17:06:27, John Merlino wrote: >On May 16, 2003 at 16:54:26, Art Basham wrote: > >>Here white plays >>1. Rh8+...and mates in 14 moves...(at the most)... >> >>[D]r2q1rk1/pp2pp2/3pb3/3Qb2R/4P1p1/1BN1Bn2/PPP2P2/2K4R w - - >> >>After....BxR, >> >>2. Qxe6...!! > >Because every move is either a check or a capture, it's a no-brainer for >Chessmaster 9000, announcing mate in 14 in one second: > >Time Depth Score Positions Moves >0:00 1/3 1.64 2132 1.Qxb7 Qd7 2.Qxd7 Bxd7 >0:00 1/4 1.54 7516 1.Qxb7 Qc8 2.Qxe7 Bxc3 3.Bxe6 Qxe6 > 4.Qxe6 fxe6 5.bxc3 >0:00 1/4 4.80 19764 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 >0:00 1/5 5.53 31940 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 e5 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Nd5+ > Kd7 10.Be8+ Kc8 >0:00 1/6 16.69 81099 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+ > Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+ > Kf4 13.Rxb7 >0:01 1/7 Mate14 145571 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+ > Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+ > Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3# >0:02 1/8 Mate14 342472 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+ > Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+ > Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3# >0:07 1/9 Mate14 1010863 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6 > 4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ > Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+ > Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+ > Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3# > >jm Two PVs later, CM9000 announced Mate in 12. This is on a P3-733: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 1:05 1/11 Mate12 9117373 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R1h7+ Kg6 3.Rh6+ Kg7 4.Qxe6 fxe6 5.R8h7+ Kg8 6.Bxe6+ Rf7 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Rg6 e6 9.Bxe6 Bg7 10.Rgxg7 Qg5 11.Bxg5 Nxg5 12.Rg8# 2:39 1/12 Mate12 22530788 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R1h7+ Kg6 3.Rh6+ Kg7 4.Qxe6 fxe6 5.R8h7+ Kg8 6.Bxe6+ Rf7 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Rg6 e6 9.Bxe6 Bg7 10.Rgxg7 Qg5 11.Bxg5 Nxg5 12.Rg8# jm
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