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Subject: Re: THIS IS worlds toughest mate in 4

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 16:05:13 10/17/03

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On October 17, 2003 at 17:45:08, William Kerr wrote:

>Hi
>
>I posted the worlds toughest mate in 4 yesterday but I included the wrong epd
>string. That was a tough mate in 4 but this one is far far tougher for some
>engines. Its probably a null move issue for some engines.
>
>[D] 5R2/2K5/1pP5/4k2p/3pp3/2p4N/B4N1b/n1R1B2b w - - id BB #1217 mate in 4;
>
>
>
>Again this is from Benko's Bafflers from Chess Life magizine.
>
>Chessmaster 9000 AMD 1.7Ghz 2 sec m4
>pocketFritz 1.0  17 min m16
>GGM Capa module  43 min 25 sec
>Crafty 19.3 AMD 1.7Gh 44 min m5
>ruffian 1.0.1 P2 300 mhz 40 sec
>star diamond 1 hr & 50 sec m5
>star diamond mate in 4 level 17 sec
>yacePdb P2 300 mhz 4 min m6, 5 min m4
>fritz532 8 sec m6, 14 sec m4
>lg2000v27 greater than 10 min less than 18 min
>bringer 5 min m9
>waxman 1:08  m4 P2 300 mhz
>
>Have fun with this one.
>
>Bill

A nice Nullmove killer. It takes Terra 13 minutes to find the mate with Nullmove
on but only 5 seconds with Nullmove off.

Terra with Nullmove off:
Terra 3.3B1  UCI 150 MB:
D3  00:01  10,50   1.Bxc3
D3  00:01  11,93   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Rxh1 e3 3.Kxb6
D4  00:01  11,93   1.Bxc3
D4  00:01  11,42   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 Kd4+ 3.Kxb6 Bd6
D5  00:01  11,42   1.Bxc3
D5  00:01  13,10   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 Kd4+ 3.Kd7 Nc2 4.Rxc2
D5  00:01  13,28   1.Nxh1 b5 2.Bxc3 dxc3 3.Rxa1 b4
D6  00:01  12,89   1.Nxh1 Nb3 2.Rxc3 dxc3 3.Bxb3 Kd4+ 4.Kxb6 e3
D6  00:01  13,50   1.Bxc3
D6  00:02  13,52   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 b5 3.Kb7
D7  00:04  14,12   1.Rxc3
D7  00:05  M4  1.Rxc3 Bf3 2.Re3 Nb3 3.Bxb3 dxe3 4.Bc3+

Terra with Nullmove on:
Terra 3.3B1  UCI 150 MB:
D3  00:01  10,50   1.Bxc3
D3  00:01  11,93   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Rxh1 e3 3.Kxb6
D4  00:01  11,93   1.Bxc3
D4  00:01  11,42   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 Kd4+ 3.Kxb6 Bd6
D5  00:01  11,42   1.Bxc3
D5  00:01  13,10   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 Kd4+ 3.Kd7 Nc2 4.Rxc2
D6  00:01  13,52   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Nxh1 b5 3.Kb7 Kd6 4.Rxa1
D7  00:01  13,64   1.Bxc3 dxc3 2.Rxh1 Bg3 3.Rxa1 b5 4.Nh1 Bh4
D7  00:03  14,25   1.Nxh1
D7  00:03  15,34   1.Nxh1 e3 2.Kxb6 Ke4 3.Bxc3 dxc3 4.Ng5+ Ke5 5.Rxa1
D8  00:03  15,34   1.Nxh1
D8  00:06  17,52   1.Nxh1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 h4 3.Kxb6 Bf4 4.Nxf4 Kd6 5.Bxh4
D9  00:09  16,17   1.Nxh1
D9  00:18  20,12   1.Nxh1 Nb3 2.Bxb3 h4 3.Kxb6 Bg1 4.Nxg1 e3 5.Bxc3 dxc3 6.Rxc3
D10  00:29  20,12   1.Nxh1
D10  02:43  21,10   1.Nxh1 Nb3 2.Kxb6 Na5 3.Ng3 Kd6 4.c7 Nb3 5.c8Q e3 6.Bxb3
D10  08:32  22,08   1.Rxa1
D10  10:04  22,69   1.Rxc3
D10  13:38  M4  1.Rxc3 Bf4 2.Nxf4 Nb3 3.Ng6+ Ke6 4.Bxb3+

/Peter



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