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Subject: Re: How many Programs can calculate mate in 13 after 32.Rf6xc6!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 21:31:42 01/22/04

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On January 22, 2004 at 18:02:50, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>How many Programs can calculate mate in 13 after 32.Rf6xc6! with a mere
>295 MHz processor.
>
>[D]r7/1k4rp/1pp2R2/3p4/3P2q1/3Q2B1/PP5P/5BK1 w - - 5 32

I do not believe that there is a forced mate in 13 from this position. Although
Ruffian is already lost here, the move that allows CM PS2 to easily find mate is
probably 35...b5. In this position, it takes Chessmaster 9000 about one second
to announce Mate in 10 on a P4-2.4.

Since it is the same engine that we're talking about, I'm certain that the PS2
version did not announce mate in 13 in the above position (especially at the
time control that you stated), since the PC version did not announce a mate in
over one minute.

jm



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