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Subject: Re: A Mate in 9 position, plus some 'interesting' timings...

Author: James Robertson

Date: 20:36:43 05/16/99

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On May 16, 1999 at 20:10:14, Francis Monkman wrote:

>Here's a good Mate in 9, which I've tried on a selection of engines:
>
>2n2r1k/1rqp2p1/2pR1p1p/1bP1p3/pP5R/P3P3/BB3PPP/3Q2K1 w - -
>
>The line goes:
>
>31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qh5  Kg7  33. Qg4+  Kh7  34. Rxf6  Bd3  (or 34. Bb1+)
>35. Rxf8  Bg6  36. Bg8+  Kg7  37. Rf7+  Kxg8  38. Qxg6+  Kh8  39. Rh7++
>
>Almost all find 31. Rh6+ more or less immediately, although Hiarcs 7 would
>probably play 31. Bxe5 (also winning) at blitz. Times for Mate in 9 (200MHz):
>
>Junior 5	                     00:20
>LGG 2,0		00:27
>CSTal II	                     00:27	(giving a score of +34.60, not sure what
>this means)
>CM6000		00:30	(approx)
>Hiarcs 7 (180 MHz)     01:10	"White can mate in 13", it says, and remains
>content.
>Genius 6	                     01:30
>Crafty 16.6     	03:00
>Fritz 5.32	                     11:14	Interesting...
>Der Bringer               ?>30:00	Finds 31. Rxh6+ immediately -- I just love
>this GUI!
>
>Francis
>
>PS how do you put tabs into these messages?

My program doesn't find the mate and takes 86 seconds to find Bx5, and then 146
seconds to lock onto Rxh6, but anyway here is it's two cents worth:

It is running on a P233, 4MG hash table.

James

 1   176       1210        173 Rxd7
 2    34       1870        881 Rd2 d5
 3    51       2750       3321 Rd2 Rd8 e4
 4    45       9500      12927 Rd2 Rd8 e4 d6 cxd6 Nxd6
 5    49      10710      20067 Rd2 Rd8 e4 d6 Be6
 6    54      15490      54888 Rd2 Rd8 e4 Ne7 Qf3 Ba6
 7    57      16320     152037 Rd2 Rd8 e4 Ne7 Qf3 d6 cxd6 Rxd6
 8    55      19280     557185 Rd2 Rd8 e4 Ne7 Qf3 Ng6 Rg4 Nf4
 9    62      30870    2185086 Rd2 Rd8 e4 Ne7 Be6 Ng6 Rg4 Nf8 Bf5
10>   71      86570    9286362 Bxe5 fxe5 Rhxh6+ gxh6 Qh5 Qxd6 cxd6 Kg7 Qxe5+ Kh7
10    71      90300    9807269 Bxe5 fxe5 Rhxh6+ gxh6 Qh5 Qxd6 cxd6 Kg7 Qxe5+ Kh7
11>  279     146980   18040549 Rxh6+ gxh6 Qh5 Kh7 Bb1+ Bd3 Bxd3+ e4 Bxe4+ Kg7
Qg6+ Kh8 Qxh6+
11   279     148300   18296134 Rxh6+ gxh6 Qh5 Kh7 Bb1+ Bd3 Bxd3+ e4 Bxe4+ Kg7
Qg6+ Kh8 Qxh6+







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