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Subject: Re: Mate in about 12......good test

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 12:24:09 05/06/04

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On May 06, 2004 at 15:12:19, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 06, 2004 at 14:59:35, Rob Basham wrote:
>
>>Hi John....sorry about that...:-)
>>
>>it just finds Qh6 with no mate ann.
>>
>>I am just guessing it is about 12 moves to mate from what I can see
>>after....BXQ.....etc.
>>
>>thanks..
>>Rob
>
>Ok, that's what I thought. Even after forcing 1.Qh6 Bxh6 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3, CM_SKR
>does not announce a mate in under two minutes, and I would have been pretty
>surprised if Ruffian could have accomplished that.
>
>CM_SKR on an AMD 2500+ finds Qh6 in 3 seconds:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	1.37	2800		1.Qh4 Nh5 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.gxh5 bxc3
>					4.hxg6 fxg6
>0:00	1/4	0.91	7011		1.Qh4 Nh5 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.axb4
>0:00	1/5	0.47	37466		1.Qh4 Nh5 2.Bxg7 bxa3 3.gxh5 axb2+
>					4.Kb1 Kxg7 5.Bxa6 Qxc3 6.Bxc8 Rxc8
>					7.hxg6 fxg6
>0:00	1/5	0.65	60499		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
>					4.Bxa6 Rcb8
>0:00	1/6	0.65	153567		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
>					4.Bxa6 Rcb8
>0:02	1/7	0.45	591402		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
>					4.Bxa6 Rcb8 5.g5 Kf8
>0:03	1/7	2.66	851926		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
>					4.Nd5 Qb7 5.gxf5 e5 6.Nxf6+ Kf8
>0:05	1/8	7.86	1560145		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
>					4.exf5 e5 5.fxe6ep fxe6 6.Rg6+
>					Qg7 7.Bxf6 Qxg6 8.Bxg6
>0:10	1/9	10.27	3133408		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
>					4.Bxf6 exf6 5.gxf5 Kf8 6.Nd5 Qxc2+
>					7.Bxc2 Ke8 8.Rh8+ Kd7 9.Rxc8 Kxc8
>					10.Rh8+ Kb7 11.Rxb8+ Kxb8 12.Nxb4
>0:24	1/10	10.36	7627723		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
>					4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
>					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
>					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 dxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Nc5
>					Bd5
>0:51	1/11	10.32	17030905	1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
>					4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
>					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
>					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 bxa3 11.bxa3 dxe5
>					12.Bxe5 f6 13.Nc5 Bd5
>
>My best estimate is that there is not a mate in even 15 moves, although a
>particularly long think with CM during my lunch break might prove me wrong.
>
>jm

about the same for CM9000+ss=16; amd 2800+

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	0.94	7030		1.Qh4 Nh5 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.axb4
0:00	1/5	0.51	37329		1.Qh4 Nh5 2.Bxg7 bxa3 3.gxh5 axb2+
					4.Kb1 Kxg7 5.Bxa6 Qxc3 6.Bxc8 Rxc8
					7.hxg6 fxg6
0:00	1/5	0.67	60232		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
					4.Bxa6 Rcb8
0:00	1/6	0.67	153336		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
					4.Bxa6 Rcb8
0:02	1/7	0.48	587312		1.axb4 Rxb4 2.Bxf6 exf6 3.Qh4 f5
					4.Bxa6 Rcb8 5.g5 Kf8
0:02	1/7	2.69	846178		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
					4.Nd5 Qb7 5.gxf5 e5 6.Nxf6+ Kf8
0:04	1/8	7.93	1561819		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
					4.exf5 e5 5.fxe6ep fxe6 6.Rg6+
					Qg7 7.Bxf6 Qxg6 8.Bxg6
0:09	1/9	10.33	3139949		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Bf5
					4.Bxf6 exf6 5.gxf5 Kf8 6.Nd5 Qxc2+
					7.Bxc2 Ke8 8.Rh8+ Kd7 9.Rxc8 Kxc8
					10.Rh8+ Kb7 11.Rxb8+ Kxb8 12.Nxb4
0:22	1/10	10.42	7582372		1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
					4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 dxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Nc5
					Bd5
0:46	1/11	10.39	16718569	1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
					4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 bxa3 11.bxa3 dxe5
					12.Bxe5 f6 13.Nc5 Bd5
2:07	1/12	10.35	46563929	1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
					4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 dxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Bd4
					bxa3 13.bxa3 Bd5 14.Kd3
5:50	1/13	11.11	128435232	1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6
					4.Nd5 Qxc2+ 5.Bxc2 Bxd5 6.exd5
					e5 7.dxe6ep fxe6 8.Bxf6 Kf7 9.Bxg5
					e5 10.Rf6+ Ke8 11.Rxd6 bxa3 12.Rh8+
					Kf7 13.Rxc8 Rxc8 14.bxa3

and after 1.Qh6 Bxh6+ 2.Rxh6 g5 3.Bd3 Qc6, no mate in view :

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:14	1/9	9.31	5134014		4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 dxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Bd4
					bxa3 13.bxa3 Bd5 14.Kd3
0:50	1/10	9.31	18465142	4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.R1h7+ Kg6 6.e5+ Ne4
					7.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 8.Bxc2 Rxc2+ 9.Kxc2
					Rxh8 10.Rxh8 dxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Bg3
					bxa3 13.bxa3 Bd5 14.Kd3
1:00	1/10	10.09	22465562	4.Nd5 Qxc2+ 5.Bxc2 Bxd5 6.exd5
					e5 7.dxe6ep fxe6 8.Bxf6 Kf7 9.Bxg5
					e5 10.Rf6+ Ke8 11.Rxd6 bxa3 12.Rh8+
					Kf7 13.Rd7+ Ke6 14.Rxc8 Rxc8
1:46	1/11	10.28	40736158	4.Nd5 Qxc2+ 5.Bxc2 Bxd5 6.exd5
					e5 7.dxe6ep fxe6 8.Bxf6 Kf7 9.Bxg5
					e5 10.Rf6+ Ke8 11.Rxd6 bxa3 12.bxa3
					Kf7 13.Rxa6





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