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Subject: Re: unsolveable in the 90's - how about now?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:10:02 08/28/05

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On August 28, 2005 at 13:59:33, F. Huber wrote:

>On August 28, 2005 at 13:52:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 28, 2005 at 13:20:32, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On August 28, 2005 at 13:05:36, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>CCC arhives indicated no pc program was able to solve this in the late 90's.  In
>>>>2002, Ruffian was reported to solve fairly quickly.
>>>>
>>>>Crafty Classic 2005
>>>>Black(1): [d]1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>               14    26:48  Mat15   1. Qxg6+ Kxg6 2. Bd3+ Kh5 3. g4+ Kxg4
>>>>                                    4. Rg1+ Kh3 5. Bf1+ Kh2 6. Bg3+ Kxg1
>>>>                                    7. Ra1 Ra8 8. Rb1 Ra1 9. Kxa1 Ra8+
>>>>                                    10. Kb2 Ra1 11. Kxa1 Qa7+ 12. Kb2 Qa1+
>>>>                                    13. Kxa1 f2 14. Bh3+ f1=Q 15. Rxf1#
>>>>                                    (s=2)
>>>
>>>And ChestUCI 2005 in 9 sec (on a slow Celeron/400)! ;-)
>>
>>Unfair comparison.
>>
>>When you already give it conditions for special mate of course it has an
>>advantage.
>
>It seems that you are not able to read! :-(
>
>Look at ChestUCI´s output:
>
>>ChestUCI Ver.4.2:
>>CPU: Celeron 400MHz
>>FEN: 1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - -
>>Position-Analysis:  C0/R0/K2/P9/X36
>>AutoTurbo-Search for Special-Mate [C1/R0/K0/P0/X0] in 15 ...  (Hash=33MB)
>>AutoTurbo-Search for Special-Mate [C0/R1/K0/P0/X0] in 15 ...  (Hash=33MB)
>> 15/15	00:09	     579.491	83.620	+M15	1.Dxg6+
>>1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
>>8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Rxa1 Ra8 10.Rb1 Ra1 11.Rxa1 Qa7 12.Rb1 Qa3+ 13.Kxa3 f2 14.Bh3+ f1Q
>>15.Rxf1#
>
>There were absolutely NO conditions given before startung it - this is the
>usual AutoTurbo-Mode of ChestUCI, finding the solution in 9 secs!
>
>So please don´t talk nonsense here ...
>
>Franz.

What is the meaning of this:

C0/R0/K2/P9/X36
AutoTurbo-Search for Special-Mate [C1/R0/K0/P0/X0] in 15 ...  (Hash=33MB)
AutoTurbo-Search for Special-Mate [C0/R1/K0/P0/X0] in 15 ...  (Hash=33MB)

I do not understand what is the meaning of "C R K P X" and maybe this is the
default option for mate problems(I used chest only to find the shortest mate)
but it seems that chest knew before starting that it is mate in 15 moves so it
does not need to search for longer mates.

Uri



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