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Subject: Re: Mate in 19?

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 06:41:47 03/03/04

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On March 03, 2004 at 04:18:30, Paul Byrne wrote:

>Granted, it is not a terribly useful position, as it came from a wild 8 (pawns
>start on 4th rank) game on ICC between 2 patzers.  And a very short search will
>get you a score of +10 to +15 and better in white's favor.
>
>It is, however, surprisingly tough to see the mate, and makes an interesting
>test position...
>
>[D]r1b3n1/6k1/1n6/pP3qPQ/2PP2p1/1p4b1/4B3/R1BK2NR w - - 0 15

On a AMD XP 2600

Analysis by Ruffian 2.1.0:

1.c5
  +-  (5.14)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.d5
  +-  (5.15)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Bb2
  +-  (5.43)   Depth: 1/6   00:00:00
1.Qe8 Qc2#
  +-  (5.45)   Depth: 1/7   00:00:00
  -+  (-#1)   Depth: 2/7   00:00:00
1.Qh8+ Kf7 2.Rh7+ Qxh7 3.Qxh7+ Ke8 4.Qxg8+ Kd7 5.Qf7+ Kd8 6.Qf6+ Kc7 7.Qc6+ Kd8
8.g6 Nd5 9.Qxd5+ Bd7 10.Qxa8+ Kc7 11.b6+ Kxb6 12.c5+ Kc7 13.Qxa5+ Kc8 14.Ba6+
Kb8 15.Qb6+ Ka8 16.Qb7#
  +-  (5.65)   Depth: 2/7   00:00:00
  +-  (#16)   Depth: 15/44   00:00:41  58883kN

(Maughan, Paoli 03.03.2004)

New game
r1b3n1/6k1/1n6/pP3qPQ/2PP2p1/1p4b1/4B3/R1BK2NR w - - 0 1

Analysis by DeadKing 3.23:

1.Qh8+ Kf7 2.Rh7+ Qxh7 3.Qxh7+ Ke8 4.Qxg8+ Kd7 5.Qg7+ Kd8 6.Qf6+ Kc7 7.Qc6+ Kd8
8.g6 Nd5 9.Bg5+ Ne7 10.g7 Be6 11.Qxe6 Bd6 12.Qxd6+ Kc8 13.g8Q+ Nxg8 14.Qc6+ Kb8
15.Qb6+ Kc8 16.Bxg4#
  +-  (11.65)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
  +-  (99.69)   Depth: 11   00:00:38  13368kN

(Maughan, Paoli 03.03.2004)

New game
r1b3n1/6k1/1n6/pP3qPQ/2PP2p1/1p4b1/4B3/R1BK2NR w - - 0 1

Analysis by Hiarcs 9:

1.Kd2 Qc2+
  -+  (-#4)   Depth: 1/14   00:00:00
1.Qh7+ Qxh7 2.Rxh7+ Kxh7 3.Bd3+ Kg7
  -+  (-1.72)   Depth: 1/14   00:00:00
  -+  (-1.72)   Depth: 1/14   00:00:00
1.Ra2
  ยต  (-1.30)   Depth: 1/14   00:00:00
1.Qh8+ Kf7 2.Rh7+ Qxh7 3.Qxh7+ Ke8 4.Qxg8+ Kd7 5.c5 Ke7 6.Ba3 Nd7 7.c6+ Bd6
8.cxd7 Kxd7
  +-  (10.02)   Depth: 5/14   00:00:00
  +-  (#19)   Depth: 12/39   00:01:03  21765kN

(Maughan, Paoli 03.03.2004)



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