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Subject: Re: Funny pos

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:45:47 08/09/03

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On August 09, 2003 at 17:25:47, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On August 09, 2003 at 15:38:47, Yar wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2003 at 15:16:21, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 2003 at 15:05:39, Yar wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello !
>>>>
>>>>What is your engine says about this pos ?
>>>>[D] r1r3kb/pp2pp2/1q1p1npB/6Q1/2nNPNP1/PP3P2/2P5/2KR3R b - - 0 20
>>>>
>>>>Have a nice day
>>>>
>>>>Yar
>>>
>>>Not sure what the best move is, but Chessmaster 9000, on a P4-2.4, seems to
>>>think that White has a winning position, and Black's best move is Qa5:
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>0:00	1/3	-0.09	10262		20...Qa6 21.a4 Rc5 22.Nf5
>>>0:00	1/4	0.05	13991		20...Qa6 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kb1 Rxc4
>>>					23.Qb5
>>>0:00	1/4	-0.04	15233		20...Ne5 21.Qh4 Qa5 22.Bg5 Qxa3+
>>>					23.Kb1
>>>0:00	1/5	-0.48	59871		20...Ne5 21.Kb1 Rc3 22.Nd5 Nxd5
>>>					23.exd5
>>>0:01	1/6	1.23	171470		20...Ne5 21.Bf8 Rxf8 22.Nf5 Nh5
>>>					23.Nxe7+ Kh7 24.Nxh5
>>>0:02	1/6	0.66	341051		20...Qa6 21.a4 Ne5 22.Qh4 Nxf3
>>>					23.Nxf3 Qc6 24.Rh2 Qxe4
>>>0:04	1/6	0.40	721414		20...Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Nde2 Ne5
>>>					23.g5 Nfd7 24.Nd5
>>>0:04	1/7	0.40	767801		20...Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Nde2 Ne5
>>>					23.g5 Nfd7 24.Nd5
>>>0:10	1/8	0.51	1681398		20...Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Nde2 Ne5
>>>					23.g5 Nfd7 24.Nd5 Re8 25.Rhf1
>>>0:27	1/8	0.43	4813745		20...Qa5 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Nfe2 e5
>>>					23.Bd2 Rc5 24.b4 Rcc8 25.g5 Nc4
>>>					26.gxf6 exd4
>>>0:51	1/9	1.34	8887359		20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>>>					23.fxe4 Bf6 24.Qd5 e5 25.Nb5 Qb4+
>>>					26.c3 Qb2+ 27.Kd3 exf4 28.Qxb7
>>>4:05	1/10	1.56	43122326	20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>>>					23.fxe4 Bf6 24.Qd5 e5 25.Nb5 Qb4+
>>>					26.Kd3 exf4 27.Bxf4 Rc5 28.Qxb7
>>>					Qxc4+ 29.Ke3
>>>
>>>jm
>>John,
>>
>>This is mate i wonder just how many moves ?
>
>The eval continue to rise, may be it will find the mate after some hours
>
>CM9000-SKR (Barton 2800+)
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:33	1/9	0.90	8528166		20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>					23.fxe4 Bf6 24.Qd5 e5 25.Nb5 Qb4+
>					26.Ke2 exf4 27.Nxd6
>1:38	1/10	1.02	25344838	20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>					23.fxe4 Bf6 24.Qd5 e5 25.Nb5 Qb4+
>					26.Kd3 exf4 27.Bxf4 Rc5 28.Qxb7
>					Qxc4+ 29.Ke3
>4:55	1/11	1.78	79407086	20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>					23.fxe4 Bxd4 24.Nd5 Re8 25.Nxe7+
>					Rxe7 26.Qxe7 Qc3+ 27.Ke2 Qxc2+
>					28.Rd2 Qxc4+ 29.Rd3 Qb4 30.Bd2 Qb6
>22:43	1/12	2.18	377487007	20...Qa5 21.bxc4 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Nxe4+
>					23.fxe4 Bf6 24.Qd5 Qb4+ 25.c3 Qb2+
>					26.Kd3 Rc5 27.Rb1 Qa2 28.Ra1 Qb2

There may be some confusion. Yar seems to be claiming that Shredder stated that
BLACK has the mate in 58 moves. At least, that's what I'm assuming because it is
Black to move and Yar said "mate in 58".

However, Chessmaster is saying that WHITE is winning (positive scores always
favor White in the CM GUI).

I am not at all convinced that Shredder's announcement of mate is accurate. In
particular, I would like to see the PV (all 115 plies of it!).

jm



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