Author: John Merlino
Date: 22:21:08 05/04/04
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On May 05, 2004 at 01:20:31, John Merlino wrote: >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.... Clarification -- this is on a P4-2.4.... jm
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