Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 02:12:24 11/18/05
Go up one level in this thread
On November 18, 2005 at 01:54:00, Terry McCracken wrote: >On November 17, 2005 at 22:05:15, Rob Basham wrote: > >>[D]r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1 >> >>Nxg7 is good, but Bxf6 is better....:-) >> >> >>White was Keres in 1934....played Bxf6! >> >>Fritz 7 .....45 sec. P3/850 >> >>RISC takes 2 min. 17 sec. >> >>novag Scorpio...takes 6 min. 45 sec. .....at 6 ply > >It's a mate in 15, this might generate more interest, at least for engines. > >[Event ""] >[Site ""] >[Date "2005.11.18"] >[Round ""] >[White "Mephisto"] >[Black "Mephisto"] >[TimeControl "-"] >[Result "1-0"] >[Setup "1"] >[FEN "r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"] > >1.Bxf6 Bxf6 2.Rd7+ Ke8 3.Rxb7 Ne5 4.Nxg7+ Kd8 5.Qxf6+ Kc8 6.Qxe5 Kxb7 >7.Qb5+ Kc8 8.Ne6 Qxe6 9.Rxe6 Rd8 10.Qc6+ Kb8 11.g3 h5 12.Re7 Rd1+ 13.Kg2 >Rg1+ 14.Kxg1 a6 15.Qc7 Mate > >Terry On further inspection, it maybe as short as mate in 11. This is hard for computers to find the shortest mate. Atleast for CM9K. [Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2005.11.18"] [Round ""] [White "Mephisto"] [Black "Mephisto"] [TimeControl "-"] [Result "1-0"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"] 1.Bxf6 Rhf8 2.Bxe7+ Kg8 3.Bxf8 Qxe6 4.Rxe6 Rxf8 5.Qe4 a5 6.Re8 h6 7.Rxf8+ Kxf8 8.Qf5+ Ke8 9.Qe6+ Ne7 10.Rd7 a4 11.Qxe7 Mate Terry
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.