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Subject: Re: blast from the past (mate-in 12?)

Author: Ross Boyd

Date: 15:06:37 01/28/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 00:46:48, Mike Byrne wrote:

>"I will be amazed if any general purpose program (or even most GM's) can find
>it."
>
>
>http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=83843
>
>
>FEN: [d]2r3k1/5ppp/7r/Q7/3P1p2/1N3Pnq/PP3K1P/R5R1 b - - 0 1
>
>Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b:
>   3	00:00	       1.368	0	+4.73	1. ... Qe6
>   3	00:00	       3.752	0	+5.79	1. ... Ne4+
>   4	00:00	       7.608	0	+10.30	1. ... Ne4+ 2.Ke1
>   5	00:00	       8.568	24.371	+7.90	1. ... Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1
>   6	00:01	      13.419	24.406	+M12	1. ... Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 Qf3+ 4.Ke1
>Qxe4+ 5.Kf1
>
>how chess programs/hardware have changed in the last 7 years!
>
>it might be a mate-in-11 - not sure


TRACE announces Mate in 17 in 27s on an old P3 600Mhz
Then finds the Mate in 9 at 1m 24

Analysis by Trace 1.35 RELEASE:

  -+  (-8.01)   depth: 5   00:00:00  26kN
1...Qe6 2.Rae1 Rxh2+ 3.Rg2 Qh3 4.Reg1 Nh1+ 5.Ke1 Rxg2
  -+  (-7.34)   depth: 5   00:00:00  26kN
1...Qe6
  -+  (-7.59)   depth: 6   00:00:00  92kN
1...Qe6 2.Qd2
  -+  (-8.50)   depth: 6   00:00:00  92kN
1...Qe6 2.Qd2 Rc2
  -+  (-8.50)   depth: 7   00:00:00  225kN
1...Qe6 2.Qd2 Rc2 3.Rge1
  -+  (-8.50)   depth: 8   00:00:01  543kN
1...Ne4+
  -+  (-8.51)   depth: 8   00:00:06  1720kN
1...Ne4+ 2.Ke1 Qxf3 3.Qd2 Nxd2
  -+  (-#17)   depth: 8   00:00:27  5981kN
1...Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 Rxh2 4.Rxg7+ Kxg7 5.Qg5+ Kf8 6.Qg2 Rxg2 7.Kxg2 Rc2+
8.Nd2 Rxd2+ 9.Kh1 Qf2 10.e5 Qg2#
  -+  (-#10)   depth: 9   00:00:50  11521kN
1...Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 Rxh2 4.Rxg7+ Kxg7 5.Qg5+ Kf8 6.Qg2 Rc2 7.Nd2 Rxd2
8.Qxh2 Rxh2 9.e5
  -+  (-#9)   depth: 10   00:01:24  19962kN

(Boyd, Woonona 29/01/2006)



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