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Subject: Re: Mate in 10...

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 10:12:01 05/20/03

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On May 20, 2003 at 10:46:39, Art Basham wrote:

>If it is so "easy" for computers to solve,
>then why has no one posted that their program
>announced mate in 10 at move one?
>That is what i wanted to know...:-)


Yace, P4, 2.53 GHz:

[    nodes    time   score depth]
    140286   0.144   4.06  5.  1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kg6 6. Bf7+ Kg7 7. Bc4+ Kg6 8. Rxe2
                               {420}
    141337   0.146   4.46  6++ 1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Be8 5. Qxe8+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kg6 7. Bf7+ Kg7 8.
                               Bh5+ Kh8 9. Qxe5+ Kh7 {510}
    149638   0.154   5.68  6++ 1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Be8 5. Qxe8+ Kg7 6. Qxe5+ Kh7 7. Qf5+ Kh8 8.
                               Qf6+ Kh7 9. Qe7+ Kg6 10. Qf7+ Kg5 {510}
    150129   0.156  Mat11  6++ 1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8H 4.
                               Qxd8+H Kg7H 5. Qe7+H Kg6H 6. Qf7+H Kg5H 7.
                               Qg7+H Kh5H 8. Bf7+H Kh4H 9. Qxh6+H Kg4H 10.
                               Bh5+H Kh4H 11. Bxe2#H {500}
    472518   0.377  Mat10  6t  1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8H 4.
                               Qxd8+H Kg7H 5. Qe7+H Kg6H 6. Bf7+H Kg7H 7.
                               Bg8+H Kxg8H 8. Qh7+H Kxh7H 9. Rxe2H {HT}
    492327   0.392  Mat10  6.  1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kg6 6. Bf7+ Kg7 7. Bg8+ Kxg8 8.
                               Qh7+ Kxh7 9. Rxe2
   1391079   1.017  Mat10  7t  1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kg6 6. Bf7+ Kg7 7. Be6+ Kg6 8. Qf7+
                               Kg5H 9. Qf5+H Kh4H 10. Qg4#H {80}
   1489296   1.089  Mat10  7.  1. Rxh6+ gxh6 2. Qf6+ Kh7 3. Qe7+ Kh8 4. Qxd8+
                               Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kg6 6. Bf7+ Kg7 7. Be6+ Kg6 8. Qf7+
                               Kg5 9. Qf5+ Kh4 10. Qg4# {80}

Every move of white is with check. This can make it relatively easy for an
engine, to find longer mates.

Regards,
Dieter



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