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Subject: Re: Tough mate in 5

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 16:37:11 01/23/05

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On January 23, 2005 at 18:07:13, William Kerr wrote:

>[D] Rr6/6k1/2PK1p2/6p1/4p3/4P3/4bP2/R7 w - - bm Rxb8;id Tough mate in 5;
>
>Some engines or most dedicated chess computers take awhile for this one.

New game,
Rr6/6k1/2PK1p2/6p1/4p3/4P3/4bP2/R7 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Shredder 8:

1.Rxb8
  +-  (7.73)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Rxb8
  +-  (12.07)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Rxb8
  +-  (12.07)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 f5
  +-  (12.09)   Depth: 2/2   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 f5 2.Raa8
  +-  (12.36)   Depth: 3/4   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Kg6 2.c7 Bg4
  +-  (12.74)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8
  +-  (13.09)   Depth: 4/6   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8
  +-  (13.09)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6
  +-  (13.14)   Depth: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kf7 4.Rh8
  +-  (13.29)   Depth: 6/12   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rh8 Bg4 5.Rhg8+ Kh5 6.Rh8+ Kg6 7.Rhg8+ Kh5
8.Rh8+ Kg6 9.Rhg8+
  +-  (13.38)   Depth: 7/12   00:00:00  9kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kh6 4.Rh8+ Bh7
  +-  (13.63)   Depth: 8/14   00:00:00  17kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kxg8 4.Ra8+ Kf7 5.Rf8+ Kxf8 6.c8Q+ Bxc8
  +-  (13.63)   Depth: 8/14   00:00:00  21kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh5 4.Rh1+ Bh3 5.Rxh3+ Kg4
  +-  (13.88)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:00  32kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh5 5.Ke7 Kg4 6.Kxf6
  +-  (14.07)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:00  41kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh5 5.Ke7 Kg4 6.Kxf6 Bd7
  +-  (14.33)   Depth: 10/15   00:00:00  52kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ra5 Bg4 4.Raa8 Kg6 5.Rg8+ Kh6 6.Ke7 Kh7 7.Kxf6 Bc8
  +-  (14.43)   Depth: 10/16   00:00:00  69kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ra5 Bg4 4.Raa8 Kg6 5.Rg8+ Kh6 6.Ke7 Kh7 7.Kxf6 Bf5 8.Kxf5
  +-  (14.45)   Depth: 11/24   00:00:00  116kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ra5 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.Rxf5 Kxg8 6.c8Q+ Kg7 7.Qd8 Kh7
  +-  (14.70)   Depth: 12/20   00:00:00  149kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ra5 Bg4 4.Raa8 f5 5.c8Q Bf3
  +-  (14.74)   Depth: 12/26   00:00:00  203kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh7 5.Ke7 Bg4 6.Kxf6 Kh6
  +-  (14.99)   Depth: 13/22   00:00:01  445kN, tb=5
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh6 5.Ke7 Bg6 6.c8Q g4
  +-  (15.49)   Depth: 13/27   00:00:01  469kN, tb=5
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.Ke7 Bc8 6.Rhxc8 f5 7.Rf8 g4
  +-  (19.77)   Depth: 13/36   00:00:03  1516kN, tb=50
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.Ke7 Be6 6.Kxe6 f5
  +-  (20.02)   Depth: 14/28   00:00:04  1712kN, tb=53
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Bh7 5.c7 Kh5 6.Rxh7+ Kg4 7.Rf8 Kf5 8.Ke7
Kg6 9.Rh3
  +-  (20.52)   Depth: 14/30   00:00:04  1889kN, tb=53
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bc8 6.Raxc8 Kf5 7.Rce8 Kg4
8.Rxe4+ Kf3
  +-  (21.11)   Depth: 14/33   00:00:06  2367kN, tb=250
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bc8 6.Rhxc8 Kh5 7.Rf8 Kg6 8.Ke7
g4 9.Rxf6+ Kg5
  +-  (21.32)   Depth: 15/32   00:00:07  2895kN, tb=274
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bg4 6.Ke7 Bd7 7.Kxd7 Kf5 8.Rhf8
Kg6 9.Ke6 Kh5
  +-  (21.56)   Depth: 16/36   00:00:12  4405kN, tb=538
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Bh7 5.c7 f5 6.c8Q f4
  +-  (21.81)   Depth: 17/34   00:00:17  6218kN, tb=809
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bg4 6.Ke7 Bd7 7.Kxd7 Kf5 8.Rhf8
Kg6 9.Ke6 g4 10.Rxf6+ Kg7
  +-  (22.07)   Depth: 17/36   00:00:19  6942kN, tb=980
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bg4 6.Ke7 Kg7 7.Rhg8+ Kh7
8.Kxf6 Bh5 9.c8Q g4
  +-  (22.32)   Depth: 18/36   00:00:22  8025kN, tb=1143
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bg4 6.Ke7 Kg7 7.Rhg8+ Kh6
8.Kxf6 Bf3 9.c8Q Bg2
  +-  (22.82)   Depth: 18/36   00:00:24  8409kN, tb=1345
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.c7 Bg4 6.Ke7 Bd7 7.Kxd7 Kf5 8.c8Q
Kg4 9.Qe8 Kf3 10.Qh5+ g4 11.Qf5+ Kg2 12.Qxe4+ Kg1 13.Rh1+
  +-  (#150)   Depth: 18/38   00:00:35  11166kN, tb=4317
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rh8+ Kg7 5.c7 Bf5 6.Ke7 Bd7 7.Kxd7 Kf7 8.c8Q
Kg6 9.Qg8+ Kf5 10.Qh7+ Ke5 11.Ra5#
  +-  (#10)   Depth: 19/45   00:08:56  300768kN, tb=124224

(Mike, n/a 23.01.2005)

New game, 120'/40+60'/20+30'
Rr6/6k1/2PK1p2/6p1/4p3/4P3/4bP2/R7 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Junior 9:

1.c7 Rb6+ 2.Ke7 Bg4 3.c8Q
  +-  (6.12)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.c8Q
  +-  (12.50)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.c8Q Bxc8
  +-  (12.50)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  2kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.c8R Bxc8 4.Rxc8
  +-  (12.52)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  23kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (12.82)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  197kN
1.Rxb8 Kg6 2.Rg1 Ba6 3.Ra8 Bc8 4.Rxc8 Kf5 5.c7 g4
  +-  (15.07)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  469kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (15.37)   Depth: 15   00:00:01  1135kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Rb7+ Kg6 3.Rd7 Kh5 4.Rh1+ Kg6 5.c7 Bxd7 6.Kxd7 g4 7.c8Q Kf5
  +-  (17.62)   Depth: 15   00:00:01  2461kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (17.92)   Depth: 18   00:00:04  6114kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.Re7 Kg6 4.c7 Bf5 5.Rh8 g4
  +-  (17.93)   Depth: 18   00:00:08  13607kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (18.23)   Depth: 20   00:00:16  28168kN, tb=76
1.Rxb8 Kg6 2.c7 Bg4 3.Rg8+ Kh7 4.Raa8 Kh6 5.Rh8+ Kg6 6.Ke7 Bd7 7.Kxd7 Kf5 8.Kd6
Kg6 9.Rag8+ Kf7 10.c8Q
  +-  (25.20)   Depth: 20   00:00:39  67987kN, tb=206
1.Rxb8 Kg6 2.c7 Bg4 3.Rg8+
  +-  (25.20)   Depth: 21   00:01:08  119895kN, tb=445
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (25.50)   Depth: 22   00:01:47  188756kN, tb=784
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (25.80)   Depth: 23   00:04:00  432849kN, tb=2782
1.Rxb8 Bh5 2.c7 Bg4 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh5 5.Rh8+ Kg6 6.Rag8+
  +-  (#10)   Depth: 23   00:07:52  847797kN, tb=5446
1.Rxb8 Bh5 2.c7 Bg4 3.Raa8 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh5 5.Rh8+ Kg6 6.Rag8+
  +-  (#10)   Depth: 23   00:09:30  1016303kN, tb=5868

(Mike, n/a 24.01.2005)

New game, 120'/40+60'/20+30'
Rr6/6k1/2PK1p2/6p1/4p3/4P3/4bP2/R7 w - - 0 1

Analysis by List 512:

1.Rxb8 Kg6 2.c7 Bg4 3.Rg8+ Kh7 4.c8Q
  +-  (10.52)   Depth: 5   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bh3 3.Rc1 Kg6 4.Rg8+ Kh5
  +-  (10.46)   Depth: 6   00:00:01  7kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh7 4.Rg1 Bh3 5.c8Q
  +-  (10.43)   Depth: 7   00:00:01  15kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Rh1 g4 4.Rhh8 g3 5.Rbg8+ Kf7 6.Rxg3
  +-  (10.53)   Depth: 8   00:00:02  34kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Rh1 Bg4 4.Rhh8 Kg6 5.Rbg8+ Kf7 6.Rf8+ Kg7 7.c8Q Bxc8
8.Rxc8
  +-  (10.62)   Depth: 9   00:00:02  74kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rf7 Bf5 5.Rxf6+ Kh5 6.Rxf5 Kg4
  +-  (11.02)   Depth: 10   00:00:03  169kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.Rf7 Be2 5.Rxf6+ Kh5 6.c7 Ba6 7.c8Q Bxc8
8.Rxc8
  +-  (11.48)   Depth: 10   00:00:03  220kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh7 4.Rd8 Kg6 5.Rd7 Bh3 6.c8Q f5
  +-  (11.88)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  407kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Rb7+ Kg6 3.Rd7 Kh5 4.c7 Bxd7 5.Kxd7 f5 6.c8Q Kg4 7.Ke6
  +-  (13.90)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  719kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Ke7 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kh7 5.Kxf6 Bg4 6.c8Q Bf3
  +-  (14.30)   Depth: 12   00:00:05  1339kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ke7 g4 4.Raa8 g3 5.Rg8+ Kh6 6.Rh8+ Bh7 7.c8Q f5 8.Qxf5
  +-  (16.69)   Depth: 12   00:00:05  2707kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Bf5 3.Ke7 g4 4.Raa8 g3 5.Rg8+ Kh6 6.Rh8+ Bh7 7.c8Q f5 8.Qxf5
  +-  (17.09)   Depth: 13   00:00:17  3503kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 f5 8.Rhh8
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 13   00:00:17  11144kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 f5 8.Rhh8
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 14   00:00:28  21707kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 Kg6 8.Rg8#
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 15   00:00:49  55829kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 f5 8.Rhh8
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 16   00:01:59  154809kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 f5 8.Rhh8
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 17   00:04:39  401843kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.c7 Kg6 3.Rh1 Bf5 4.Rg8+ Kf7 5.c8Q Bxc8 6.Rxc8 Kg7 7.Ke6 f5 8.Rhh8
  +-  (#9)   Depth: 18   00:10:18  952117kN

(Hurd, n/a 24.01.2005)

New game, 120'/40+60'/20+30'
Rr6/6k1/2PK1p2/6p1/4p3/4P3/4bP2/R7 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 5.32:

1.Rxb8!
  +-  (7.72)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Kg6
  +-  (7.69)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
1.Rxb8 Kf7 2.Ra7+ Kg6
  +-  (7.75)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (8.06)   Depth: 4/10   00:00:00  2kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (8.38)   Depth: 5/10   00:00:00  3kN
1.Rxb8 Bf3 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.c7 Bg4 4.c8Q Bxc8 5.Rxc8
  +-  (8.88)   Depth: 5/13   00:00:00  6kN
1.Rxb8 Bf3 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.c7 Bg4 4.Rh8+ Kg6 5.Rg8+
  +-  (8.94)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  12kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.c7 Kg6
  +-  (8.94)   Depth: 7/17   00:00:00  36kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Raa8 Bf5 3.c7 Bg4 4.Rg8+ Kh6
  +-  (9.03)   Depth: 8/19   00:00:00  89kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.Ke7 Kg7 4.Raa8 Kg6
  +-  (9.25)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:00  298kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (9.56)   Depth: 10/22   00:00:00  644kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Rd8 Kg6 3.c7 Kf7 4.Rd7+ Bxd7 5.Kxd7 f5
  +-  (12.66)   Depth: 10/24   00:00:01  1391kN
1.Rxb8 Bg4 2.Ra7+ Kh6 3.Rd7 Bf5 4.c7 Bxd7 5.Kxd7 f5
  +-  (12.84)   Depth: 11/25   00:00:01  2589kN
1.Rxb8!
  +-  (13.16)   Depth: 12/28   00:00:02  4250kN
1.Rxb8 Kf7 2.Raa8 Kg6 3.Rg8+ Kh5 4.c7 Bg4 5.Rh8+ Kg6
  +-  (#11)   Depth: 12/32   00:00:54  116642kN

(Hurd, n/a 24.01.2005)



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