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Subject: Re: Here's a Mate Problem ... TK after 8h

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 23:25:00 09/20/04

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On September 20, 2004 at 18:10:09, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On September 20, 2004 at 10:53:42, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>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?
>
>
>Bad news, I let TK overnight on the position , when I go to work, I checked the
>analysis : no mate (the line was : 1.Qaxf7+ Qxf7 2.Rxa7 ... score +8), I decided
>to let the comp think until i go back from work, 9h later, when I checked the
>engine come back to depth 1 !!
>I decide to restart the analysis for this night after 1.Qaxf7+ Qxf7 2.Rxa7...

After 8 hours (and let it 8 more hours)

[d]rnbqkbnr/Rqqqqq1q/8/8/8/8/1QQQQQQQ/1NBQKBNR b Kkq - 0 2

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
7:14	1/7	8.34	82563323	2...Qcxc2 3.Q1xc2 Qxa7 4.Qhxh7
					Qaxf2+ 5.Qxf2 Rxh7 6.Rxh7 Qxf2+
					7.Kxf2
15:56	1/8	9.20	188717489	2...Qcxc2 3.Q1xc2 Qxd2+ 4.Bxd2
					Rxa7 5.Qhxh7 Rxh7 6.Rxh7 Qxf2+
					7.Qxf2 Qxe2+ 8.Qxe2+ Be7
35:56	1/8	9.07	449544072	2...Qcxh2 3.Rxb7 Qxf2+ 4.Qxf2 Qxd2+
					5.Nxd2 Qxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Qf7+ 7.Ndf3
					Bxb7 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Qxe7+ Nxe7
					10.Rxh8
1:00:46	1/9	11.34	803963638	2...Qcxh2 3.Rxb7 Bxb7 4.Rxh2 Bxg2
					5.Qxd7+ Nxd7 6.Rxh7 Rxh7 7.Qxf7+
					Rxf7 8.Bxg2
1:40:41	1/9	10.39	1393340012	2...Qxg2 3.Qhxg2 Rxa7 4.Rxh7 Rxh7
					5.Qxf7+ Rxf7 6.Qxg8 Qxd2+ 7.Qdxd2
					Qxc2 8.Qbxc2 Bd7 9.Qxe7+ Qxe7+
					10.Be2
3:21:39	1/10	11.05	2897968999	2...Qxg2 3.Qhxg2 Rxa7 4.Qxh8 Qhf5
					5.Qcxf5 Qdxf5 6.Qxf5 Qxd2+ 7.Nxd2
					Bxf5 8.Qhxg8 Qxg8 9.Qxg8 Nc6 10.Ngf3
					Qb6



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