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Subject: Re: Mate in 10 (no mate in 10)

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 04:11:12 03/08/04

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On March 07, 2004 at 17:29:33, Art Basham wrote:

>[D]r4r1k/pbq3p1/1ppbpn1p/3p4/1P1B2NQ/P1P5/2B3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
>
>See if your program can announce a mate in 10 at move one...
>beginning with 1. RxN...etc.
>
>(BxN may also be a win, not sure),,,

     The easiest win starts with Nxh6 but I am almost sure
     that there is no mate within 10 moves possible.
     Kurt

Gothmog 0.4.6  UCI: (P4/1.8 32 MB hash, under Arena 1.0.3)
 1   00:00  1.96   Bxf6
 2   00:00  1.62   Nxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Bxf6
 3   00:00  1.96   Bxf6 Bf4 Rd4
 4   00:00  1.90   Bxf6 Bf4 g3 Bd6
 5   00:00  1.75   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7
 6+  00:00  1.75   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Bh7
 6+  00:00  1.78   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Bh7
 6+  00:00  1.90   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Rd4
 6+  00:00  2.18   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Re1
 6-  00:00  2.65   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 6-  00:00  2.62   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 6-  00:00  2.56   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 6+  00:00  2.43   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 6+  00:00  2.46   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 6   00:00  2.53   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 Qe7 Re1 gxf6 Qxh6+
 7-  00:00  2.50   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Re1 Bxh2
 7-  00:00  2.46   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Re1 Bxh2
 7-  00:00  2.40   Bxf6 Rxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Qxh6+ Kg8 Nxf6+ Kf7 Re1 Bxh2
 7-  00:00  2.25   Bxf6 Bf4 g3 Rxf6 Nxf6 Be5
 7+  00:00  1.96   Bxf6 Bf4 Be7 Ba6 Bxf8 Bxf1 Bxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf1
 7+  00:00  2.00   Bxf6 Bf4 Be7 Ba6 Bxf8 Bxf1 Bxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf1
 7   00:00  2.09   Bxf6 Bf4 Be7 Rfe8 Nf6 Rxe7 Rxf4 gxf6 Qxh6+
 8   00:00  2.09   Bxf6 Bf4 Be7 Rfe8 Nf6 Rxe7 Rxf4 gxf6 Qxh6+
 9+  00:01  2.09   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6
 9+  00:01  2.12   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6
 9+  00:01  2.25   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6
 9+  00:02  2.53   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6
 9-  00:02  3.00   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9-  00:02  2.96   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9-  00:02  2.90   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9-  00:02  2.75   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9+  00:03  2.56   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9+  00:03  2.59   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9-  00:03  2.68   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9-  00:03  2.65   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
 9   00:03  2.59   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7
10+  00:03  2.59   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke6 Qxc7
Bxc7
10+  00:03  2.62   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke6 Qxc7
Bxc7
10+  00:04  2.75   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke6 Qxc7
Bxc7
10+  00:05  3.03   Rxf6 Rxf6 Bxf6 Kg8 Nxh6+ gxh6 Qxh6 e5 Qh8+ Kf7 Qg7+ Ke6 Qxc7
Bxc7
10+  00:10  3.53   Nxh6 e5 Nf7+ Kg8 Rxf6 Rxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+
Ke7 Qxg7+ Kd8 Rf8+ Bxf8 Qxf8+ Kd7 Bf5+
10+  00:18  4.31   Nxh6 e5 Nf7+ Kg8 Rxf6 Rxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+
Ke7 Qxg7+ Kd8 Rf8+ Bxf8 Qxf8+ Kd7 Bf5+
10+  00:33  5.31   Nxh6 e5 Nf7+ Kg8 Rxf6 Rxf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Rxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+
Ke7 Qxg7+ Kd8 Rf8+ Bxf8 Qxf8+
10+  00:54  6.31   Nxh6
10+  01:06  7.31   Nxh6
10+  01:23  8.31   Nxh6
10-  01:30  9.28   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10-  01:30  9.25   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10-  01:30  9.18   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10-  01:30  9.03   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10+  01:41  8.75   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10+  01:44  8.78   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10+  01:47  8.90   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10-  01:47  9.00   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10-  01:47  8.96   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
10   01:47  8.93   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11+  01:59  8.93   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11+  02:11  8.96   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11+  02:20  9.09   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11-  02:27  9.34   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11-  02:27  9.31   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11-  02:27  9.25   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11+  02:33  9.12   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11+  02:38  9.15   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
11   02:50  9.25   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
12+  03:34  9.25   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
12+  04:08  9.28   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4
12+  04:45  9.40   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4 e5 Bxe5
12+  05:31  9.68   Nxh6 Bf4 Rxf4 Qxf4 Qxf4 e5 Bxe5





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