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Subject: Re: Easy Mate

Author: F. Huber

Date: 14:19:38 03/21/04

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On March 21, 2004 at 10:18:34, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On March 21, 2004 at 08:39:38, Rex wrote:
>
>>Not sure how programs see this...but how soon does your favorite find the mate?
>>
>>[D]r4rk1/p2nqppp/2p2n2/3p4/pP3P2/2Pp1b2/P2N1KPP/R1B3QR b - - 1 1
>
>1... Qe7-e2 2. Kf2-g3 Bf3xg2 3. Qg1xg2 Nf6-h5 4. Kg3-h3 Nh5xf4 5. Kh3-g3 Qe2xg2
>6. Kg3xf4 Ra8-e8 7. Rh1-e1 g7-g5 8. Kf4-f5 Re8xe1 9. Nd2-f3 f7-f6 10. Nf3xe1
>Qg2-h3
> =   MAT10      Depth: 10/25    00:01:40.23     80602kN
>
>anthony

Hi Anthony,

congratulation for your engine - it´s mate in 10 is really impressing.
Since I first couldn´t believe it, I tried to refute this main line,
and let Chest find the optimum defense after your 2nd move Bxg2 -
but what a surprise: Chest even found a still _shorter_ mate!

After 1... Qe2+ 2.Kg3 Bxg2:

ChestUCI Ver.3.3  UCI:

CPU: Celeron 400MHz
FEN: r4rk1/p2n1ppp/2p2n2/3p4/pP3P2/2Pp2K1/P2Nq1bP/R1B3QR w - -
Search for Mate in -10 ...  (Hash=64MB)
Search completed ...  (Time=898.80s)
Mate in -7 found !  (14:58)
Kg3-h4 --> 3... Qg4#
Qg1-f2 --> 3... Qg4#
2 Solutions  (Mate in -1)
Nd2-f1 --> 3... Qf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
Nd2-f3 --> 3... Qxf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
Nd2-e4 --> 3... Qf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
Nd2-c4 --> 3... Qf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
Nd2-b1 --> 3... Qf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
Nd2-b3 --> 3... Qf3+ 4.Kh4 Qg4#
6 Solutions  (Mate in -2)
Ph2-h4 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh2 Bf1+ 5.Qf2 Qxf2#
Ph2-h4 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh2 Bf1+ 5.Qf2 Qxf2#
2 Solutions  (Mate in -3)
Qg1-b6 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ne5 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Ng6#
Qg1-d1 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh4 Qf2+ 5.Kg4 Ndf6+ 6.Kf5 Qxf4#
Ra1-b1 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Qg4#
Bc1-a3 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Bb2 Qg4#
Bc1-b2 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Qg4#
Pa2-a3 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Bb2 Qg4#
Pb4-b5 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Qg4#
Pc3-c4 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ndf6 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Qg4#
8 Solutions  (Mate in -4)
Qg1xa7 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh4 Qe7+ 5.Kg4 f5+ 6.Kxh5 g6+ 7.Kh6 Qh4#
Qg1xa7 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ne5 5.Nf3 Nxf3+ 6.Kg4 h5+ 7.Kf5 g6#
Qg1-c5 --> 3... Nxc5 4.Rf1 Nce4+ 5.Nxe4 Qg4+ 6.Kf2 Qf3+ 7.Ke1 Qe2#
Qg1-c5 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ne5 5.Nf3 Nxf3+ 6.Kg4 h5+ 7.Kf5 g6#
Qg1-e3 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh4 Qxe3 5.Nf3 Qxf3 6.Ba3 Qh3+ 7.Kg5 h6#
Pf4-f5 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Nxe4 Qf3+ 5.Kh4 Qh3+ 6.Kg5 h6+ 7.Kf4 Qf3#
6 Solutions  (Mate in -5)
Qg1-d4 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh4 Qe7+ 5.Kxh5 f5 6.Qxd5+ Bxd5 7.Rg1 Bf7+ 8.Rg6 hxg6#
Qg1-f1 --> 3... Bxf1 4.Rxf1 Qg4+ 5.Kf2 Rfe8 6.Ne4 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3 Nec5+ 8.Kd2 Qe2#
Ph2-h3 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh4 Qe7+ 5.Kxh5 Nf6+ 6.Kg5 Ne4+ 7.Kg4 f5+ 8.Kh5 Ng3#
3 Solutions  (Mate in -6)
Qg1xg2 --> 3... Nh5+ 4.Kh3 Nxf4+ 5.Kg3 Qxg2+ 6.Kxf4 Rfe8 7.Re1 Rxe1 8.Ba3 g5+
9.Kf5 Re5#
Qg1-e1 --> 3... Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ne5 5.Qg3 g6 6.Qg5 Nxg5 7.Kg3 Ne4+ 8.Nxe4 Qf3+ 9.Kh4
Qg4#
2 Solutions  (Mate in -7)

So it´s at least a mate in 9 with the following 2 possible PVs:

1... Qe2+ 2.Kg3 Bxg2 3.Qxg2 Nh5+ 4.Kh3 Nxf4+ 5.Kg3 Qxg2+ 6.Kxf4 Rfe8 7.Re1 Rxe1
8.Ba3 g5+ 9.Kf5 Re5#
1... Qe2+ 2.Kg3 Bxg2 Qe1 Ne4+ 4.Kh4 Ne5 5.Qg3 g6 6.Qg5 Nxg5 7.Kg3 Ne4+ 8.Nxe4
Qf3+ 9.Kh4 Qg4#

Best regards,
Franz.



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