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Subject: Re: Here's a Mate Problem from Hell Found in CTF Thanks Dann!

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 07:53:42 09/20/04

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On September 19, 2004 at 17:46:14, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On September 19, 2004 at 16:13:16, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>On September 19, 2004 at 02:21:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On September 19, 2004 at 02:11:37, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 18, 2004 at 15:59:24, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>[D]rnbqkbnr/qqqqqqqq/8/8/8/8/QQQQQQQQ/RNBQKBNR w
>>>>
>>>>So far, on ply 3 (85,070,720 nodes) Shredder 7.04 on a 2.2 GHz 64 bit AMD
>>>>machine with 400 MB hash -- likes Qf2xf7+ with a score of +10.15
>>>>
>>>>I set it for 100,000 seconds and we'll see what it says on Monday.
>>>
>>>Finished ply 4 in about 11 minutes (br.f.~3) with the same key move and a score
>>>of about +9 pawns.
>>>
>>>I estimate that it will finish ply 8 or 9.
>>
>>I appreciate the effort! Thank You! I don't know if anyone has tried or found a
>>solution to this problem?
>
>I'll let TheKing (the emperor of chechmate) think overnight (may be more) on it,
>after 1.Qaxf7 Qxf7

Thanks Vincent!

I think you may find the mate very deep, but I believe 1.Qaxf7 is most likely
the *key* move...for the shortest route to a long mate. Maybe no program can
find a mate this deep, and no human OTB?



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