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Subject: Re: Some difficult problems from BWTC

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:19:51 12/08/03

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On December 08, 2003 at 19:53:36, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On December 08, 2003 at 19:12:34, Steven Edwards wrote:
>
>>On December 08, 2003 at 18:30:57, Steven Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>I've been testing Symbolic's low level search on the BWTC test suite. Althouh
>>>the program can solve almost all of the 1,001 positions in a few seconds or less
>>>each, there are a few holdouts.
>>
>>Here's BWTC.0570 (key move Rd1+):
>>
>>[D]1k1r4/1bp2p2/1p6/2r1PB1p/PQ4pP/6B1/5PP1/6K1 b - -
>>
>>[SI] [01] (1... Ba6)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [02] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [03] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Rc4)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [04] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Rc4 3. Qb3)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [05] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Rc4 3. Qb3 Ka7)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [06] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Rc4 3. Qb3 Ka7 4. f4)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [07] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Rc4 3. Qb3 Rdd4)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [08] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Ka7)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [09] (1... Ba6 2. Kh2 Ka7 3. f4 Rd1)  Score: -2.330
>>[SI] [09] (1... Rc1+)  Score: -1.330
>>[SI] [09] (1... Rc1+ 2. Kh2 Rdd1 3. Qf8+ Ka7 4. Qa8+ Bxa8 5. Bf4 Rc4 6. Kg3 Rxa4
>>7. Bc8)  Score: +7.670
>>[SI] [10] (1... Rc1+)  Score: +8.670
>>[SI] [10] (1... Rc1+ 2. Kh2 Rdd1 3. Qf8+ Ka7 4. Qa8+ Bxa8 5. Bf4 Rh1+ 6. Kg3
>>Rh3+ 7. gxh3 Rg1+ 8. Kh2 Rh1+ 9. Kg3 Rxh3#)  Score: MateIn9
>>
>>Does anyone else get this?  Is there a faster mate?
>
>
>Crafty gives:
>
>6     0.29     ++   1. ... Rd1+!!
>6->   0.31   2.30   1. ... Rd1+
>7     0.32     ++   1. ... Rd1+!!
>7     0.33 -Mat09   1. ... Rd1+ 2. Kh2 Rcc1 3. Qf8+ Ka7
>                    4. Qb8+ Kxb8 5. Bf4 Rh1+ 6. Kg3 Rh3+
>                    7. gxh3 Rg1+ 8. Kh2 Rh1+ 9. Kg3 Rxh3#
>7->   0.34 -Mat09   1. ... Rd1+ 2. Kh2 Rcc1 3. Qf8+ Ka7
>                    4. Qb8+ Kxb8 5. Bf4 Rh1+ 6. Kg3 Rh3+
>                    7. gxh3 Rg1+ 8. Kh2 Rh1+ 9. Kg3 Rxh3#
>8     0.35 -Mat09   1. ... Rd1+ 2. Kh2 Rcc1 3. Qf8+ Ka7
>                    4. Qb8+ Kxb8 5. Bf4 Rh1+ 6. Kg3 Rh3+
>                    7. gxh3 Rg1+ 8. Kh2 Rh1+ 9. Kg3 Rxh3#

They are the _same_ solution if you look at the first two black
moves.  Both rooks come down, one with check, one without....





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