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Subject: Re: Mate in 7 or 8.....thanks

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 08:40:19 03/02/05

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On March 02, 2005 at 11:06:02, Chris Welty wrote:

>On March 02, 2005 at 10:37:30, Rob Basham wrote:
>
>>[D]5bk1/R5pp/2p2p2/4pN2/8/1p2BQ2/1Pq3PP/3r2NK w - - 0 1
>>
>>
>>Nh6+ is a good move,
>>but Mach3 goes for the mate and plays
>>Qh5 in 32 seconds.
>>
>>Good test for  the dedicated..:-)
>>
>>most of the Novag machines just play Nh6+ and they think they are winning..etc.
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>this is from a game i played at a local chess club in 1989...
>>
>>I think I just played....Qg4, or something stupid like that...:-)
>
>I love your test positions! Usually my engine can beat the dedicated machines
>but in this case it took 32.1s to find Qh5. Before that it preferred your Qg4.
>It eventually found mate in 7:
>Qh5 Qc4 Ne7+ Kh8 Ra8 Rd8 Rxd8 h6 Rxf8+ Qg8 Rxg8+ Kh7 Qg6#

Thanks!
You guys can create the engines (sure wish i knew how),
and I come up with the test positions...:-)

regards,
Rob



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