Author: John Merlino
Date: 22:20:31 05/04/04
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On May 05, 2004 at 00:52:06, Jouni Uski wrote: >[D]3qk3/8/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQ - > >Mate solver Chest takes hours to finalize 10 moves so I switch to playing >engines. Shredder 8 announces mate with d4 after 15 minutes, but it's useless >when number of moves is not displayed :-) Some engines agree, that best line >is e4 Qg5 d4 Qg6 and mate in 14. Is this the best? What thinks Chessmaster? > >Jouni Not sure...yet. After forcing 1.e4 Qg5, it takes CM_SKR 1:22 to announce a Mate in 12. Time Depth Score Positions Moves 1:22 1/12 Mate12 23507783 2.d4 Qg6 3.Qf3 Kd7 4.Nc3 Qe6 5.Bb5+ Kc7 6.Qf8 Kb7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Qe7+ Kb6 9.Nd5+ Kxb5 10.Qb4+ Kc6 11.Qb6+ Kd7 12.Qd6+ Ke8 13.Qe7# 1:30 2/13 Mate12 26233063 2.d4 Qg6 3.Qf3 Ke7 4.Nc3 Qf7 5.Bg5+ Kf8 6.Bh6+ Ke7 7.Nd5+ Qxd5 8.exd5 Kd6 9.Qf6+ Kd7 10.Qc6+ Ke7 11.Qc7+ Kf6 12.Qg7+ Kf5 13.Bd3# However, from the initial position, after more than 10 minutes there was still no mate found, and 1.e3? Kd7? was considered best. I'll let it run overnight.... jm
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