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Subject: Re: Mate in ...?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 07:48:55 02/14/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 20:52:57, leonid wrote:

>On February 13, 2000 at 09:25:18, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>
>>On February 12, 2000 at 10:18:44, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>Please give your position that contain mate between 4 and 8 moves. Would like to
>>>know the speed at which usually logic solve mates. I did this four years ago,
>>>but then I was alone. Now data could be more diversified and useful for me as
>>>for somebody else.
>>>
>>>Until now positions presented here were almost all the time beyond 9 moves (18
>>>plies). This make solution too long to find.
>>>
>>>Please indicate your hardware and your game.
>>>
>>>I will give,  for start, one very simple position that contain mate in 6 moves.
>>>White to go.
>>>
>>>[D]1q2kr2/rB2bbP1/3p1n2/1NpP2BN/P4P1p/1P2Q3/6PP/R3K2R w
>>
>>Are you sure this is the intended position?  According to Chest there is
>>no mate in 6.  What is the intended main variation (PV) ?
>>
>>Heiner
>>
>>>Thanks for your next position!
>>>Leonid.
>
>
>Very Sorry!!!!! My mistake! I is good that I came to the Club. Was all the day
>in my writing. I must for sure next time use, like you, graphics. It can reduce
>the mistakes.
>
>ON G7 MUST STAY WHITE PAWN. Now it is black.

Ok, I corrected the diagram above, and viola: there is a solution  :-))
Chest on a P/133 with 10 MB hash table needs 522.44 seconds to find:

 Nxf6+ Kd8 Qxe7+  Kxe7 Nd7+  Kxd7 Bc6+   Kc8  gxf8Q+ Be8  Qxe8#

For a complete solution tree it needs 571.51 seconds, and find e.g. that
2.gxf8Q+ and 2.gxf8R+ are also solutions.

>Today are so many good positions to try but it is too late for me. Will come
>back tomorrow to try few.
>
>Once again my excuses,
>Leonid.

You are welcome!  Thanks for the problem!  It is not exactly easy for Chest.

Heiner



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