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Subject: Re:Slightly deeper mate.

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 07:12:49 10/18/03

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On October 18, 2003 at 09:36:35, leonid wrote:

>On October 17, 2003 at 23:09:34, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>>If somebody want slightly deeper position then try this:
>>>
>>>[D] 1R2NnqN/3pPpQ1/b3nPpp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate Your result.
>>>
>>>Leonid.
>>>
>>
>>Dell Axim Pocket 400 WM 2003 ROM 05 16 MB hash Oc to 472 Mhz
>>Pocket Chess Genius 1.5
>>
>>Mate-in-8 in 52 seconds (I think it may be shorter)
>
>I just don't know what will be the shortest one and expected that somebody will
>find it. My program solved this position only by selective search, like Your in
>8 moves. By brute force I verified only 5 moves and found that it is no mate
>there. To go deeper could be expensive with my program that use no hash.
>
>Leonid.
There are 5 mate-in-7.


New game
1R2NnqN/3pPpQ1/b3nPpp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - 0 1

Analysis by ChestUCI Ver.2.3:

1.Kxa6 Nc7+ 2.Nxc7 Qxg7 3.fxg7 Ne6 4.Nxe6 dxe6 5.Rxg5+ hxg5 6.Nxf7 e3 7.Rh8#
  +-  (#7)   Depth: 7   00:00:00
1.exf8Q Qxf8 2.Rxg5+ hxg5 3.Qh7+ Qh6 4.Ng7+ Nxg7 5.Qxh6+ Kxh6 6.Nxf7+ Kh5 7.Rh8#
  +-  (#7)   Depth: 7   00:00:00
1.exf8Q Qxf8 2.Rxg5+ hxg5 3.Qh7+ Qh6 4.Ng7+ Nxg7 5.Qxh6+ Kxh6 6.Nxf7+ Kh5 7.Rh8#
  +-  (#7)   Depth: 7   00:00:00
1.Ne3 Bxe2 2.exf8Q Qxf8 3.Qxf8 Rxg3 4.hxg3 Bg4 5.Rxg5+ hxg5 6.Nxf7 d5 7.Qh6#
  +-  (#7)   Depth: 7   00:00:00
1.Ne3 Bxe2 2.exf8Q Qxf8 3.Qxf8 Rxg3 4.hxg3 Bg4 5.Rxg5+ hxg5 6.Nxf7 d5 7.Qh6#
  +-  (#7)   Depth: 7   00:00:00

(Byrne, Secane, PA USA 18.10.2003)




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