Author: Frederic Louguet
Date: 12:23:08 11/11/98
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>Crafty (modified), PII 300, hash 24M + 5M(hashp) plays the move in 2:04, finds >mate: >----- > 13 3:07 Mat14 1. Rxg7+ Rxg7 2. Rxg7+ Kxg7 3. Qe7+ > Kg8 4. Qe8+ Kg7 5. h6+ Kxh6 6. Qf8+ > Kh5 7. Qf7+ Kh4 8. Qxh7+ Kg3 9. Qg7+ > Kh2 10. Kf2 Qc5+ 11. Kf1 Qxc4+ 12. > bxc4 Kh3 13. Qg2+ Kh4 14. Qh2# >----- >Unmodified Crafty plays it in 2:25 and finds mate in 5:35 > >I'm a bit surprised that Fritz didn't find this in at least a matter of minutes, >based on all that I've heard about it. Anyone with Fritz confirm this? > >Jeremiah It does not seem to be a difficult position for a tactically skilled program. On a Pentium-II 375 Mhz, Chess Wizard plays Txg7! in exactly 48 seconds and announces mate in 14 in 1 minute 15 seconds with the following : 1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qe7+ Kg8 4.Qe8+ Kg7 5.h6+ Kxh6 6.Qf8+ Kh5 7.Qf7+ Kh4 8.Qxh7+ Kg3 9.Qg7+ Kh2 10.Kf2 Qc5+ 11.Kf1 Qg1+ 12.Qxg1+ Kh3 13.Qg2+ Kh4 14.Qh2# ( Mate14)
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