Author: leonid
Date: 08:11:25 10/17/03
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On October 16, 2003 at 18:50:32, William Kerr wrote: > >Worlds toughest until someone finds a tougher one. > >After timing engines solving many mates in four, this one was by far the >toughest. > >[D] 8/3p1p2/5Ppp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - bm Nc3;id #1097 mate in 4 >very-very tough; > >This is a composed mate in 4 problem from Benko's Baffler's #1097. > >Most engines take a very long time to find the mate in 4. > >For PC programs with no CPU speed mentioned were run on a P2 300 Mhz. >Morphy was from the Great Game system 6502 at 2 Mhz. > >m6 = anounced mate in 6 >no solve is usually 10 minutes > >Chessmaster 9000 6:14 m11, 8:51 m6, 9:59 m4 >crafty no solve >pocket fritz < 44 sec >yace < 7 min m11, 26:30 m4 >ruffian 1.0.0 no solve >bringer 15 min no solve >rebel10 17 sec m6, 37 sec m4 >uscf 5 sec >morphy 5:27 >rebel12 no solve 7:00 >ruffian 1.0.1 1:53 m11 >fritz532 3:21 m8 Nc3 >pocket genius 3 min no solve >pocket grandmaster 6 min Ne3 +12.26 12/51 >extreme 2:54 m6 16/34 >doctor3 15 sec m4 >sargon4 5 sec m4 (old PC chess program) >lg2kv2.7 10 min no solve >wkchess 33 sec >yacepdb 30 sec m4 >Novag sapphire ii 1:33 m5 >Novag star diamond 0:55 m5 >Chessmaster 9000 1.7 Ghz AMD 0:42 m11, 0:59 m6, 1:06 m4 >Post a tougher one than this if you know of one. The above position was solved on LLchess and confimed as mate in 4 moves. On Celeron 600, brute force search, no hash, took 0.33 sec. If somebody want slightly deeper position then try this: [D] 1R2NnqN/3pPpQ1/b3nPpp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - Please indicate Your result. Leonid. >Bill
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