In Praise of The King

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JVMerlino
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In Praise of The King

Post by JVMerlino »

The King still surprises me sometimes. This is v3.12, from Chessmaster 9000 in 2002, on old hardware, getting around 585KNPS, and finding a mate in 15 in four seconds. I tried several other engines, and only Crafty 25 (JA build) came close at 7 seconds (at 1 core, like The King), even though it needed more than 10x the nodes. To be fair, Crafty did improve to Mate in 14 much faster than The King did.

[d]4k1r1/pp4r1/2p1Pp2/2Q4p/3NP2p/1P6/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 34

The King:

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Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	3.02	2973		34.Qxh5+ Kd8 35.Qf3 Kc7 36.Nf5
0:00	1/4	3.02	7190		34.Qxh5+ Kd8 35.Qf3 Kc7 36.Nf5
0:00	1/4	3.20	8622		34.Nf5 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg1+ 36.Kh2
					R1g2+ 37.Kh3 R2g3+ 38.Nxg3 hxg3
					39.Qxh5+ Ke7
0:00	1/5	3.20	13543		34.Nf5 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg1+ 36.Kh2
					R1g2+ 37.Kh3 R2g3+ 38.Nxg3 hxg3
					39.Qxh5+ Ke7
0:00	1/5	3.22	18568		34.Qxh5+ Kd8 35.Qf3 Kc7 36.Nf5 Rg4
0:00	1/6	3.28	39099		34.Qxh5+ Kd8 35.Qf3 Kc7 36.Nf5
					Rg4 37.e7 Kd7 38.Qd3+ Ke8
0:00	1/6	4.12	45491		34.Nf5 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg1+ 36.Kh2
					R1g2+ 37.Kh3 R2g3+ 38.Nxg3 hxg3
					39.Qxh5+ Kd8 40.Qa5+ Ke7 41.Qxa7
					Kxe6 42.Qxb7
0:00	1/7	4.27	100111		34.Nf5 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg1+ 36.Kh2
					R1g2+ 37.Kh3 R2g3+ 38.Nxg3 Rxg3+
					39.Kh2 Rg5 40.Qxa7
0:00	1/7	6.94	177523		34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R1g2+ 37.Kd3 R8g3+ 38.Kc4 b5+ 39.Kb4
					Rxb3+ 40.axb3 a5+ 41.Kc5 Rg5+ 42.Kxc6
					
0:00	1/8	9.43	360770		34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R8g2+ 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Nf3 Rxf3+
					39.Kxf3 Rg3+ 40.Kf4 Rg7 41.Qb8+
					Ke7 42.Qxb7+ Kxe6 43.Qxg7
0:01	2/9	19.32	679886		34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R8g2+ 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kd2 Rd1+ 39.Kxd1
					Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Rxd4 41.Qxd4 Kf8 42.Qxf6+
					Kg8 43.e7 Kh7 44.Qf7+ Kh6 45.e8=Q
0:04	3/10	Mate15	2328189		34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R8g2+ 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kd2 R1g2+
					39.Kc1 Rc3+ 40.Kb1 Rg1+ 41.Kb2
					Rc2+ 42.Ka3 Rxa2+ 43.Kxa2 Rg2+
					44.Ka3 Rg7 45.Qb8+ Ke7 46.Nf5+
					Kxe6 47.Qe8+ Re7 48.Qxe7#
0:15	4/11	Mate15	8965060		34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R8g2+ 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kd2 R1g2+
					39.Kc1 Rc3+ 40.Kb1 Rg1+ 41.Kb2
					Rc2+ 42.Ka3 Rxa2+ 43.Kxa2 Rg2+
					44.Ka3 Rg7 45.Qb8+ Ke7 46.Qc7+
					Ke8 47.Qc8+ Ke7 48.Nf5#
0:45	5/12	Mate15	26247945	34.Qd6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2
					R8g2+ 37.Ke3 Rg3+ 38.Kd2 R1g2+
					39.Kc1 Rc3+ 40.Kb1 Rg1+ 41.Kb2
					Rc2+ 42.Ka3 Rxa2+ 43.Kxa2 Rg2+
					44.Ka3 Rg7 45.Qb8+ Ke7 46.Qc7+
					Ke8 47.Qc8+ Ke7 48.Nf5#
Crafty

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        depth     time       score   variation (1)
         15->   1.11/18.90    6.07   0. ... () 1. Kh1 Rxg2 2. Nf5 Rg1+ 3. Kh2
                                     R1g2+ 4. Kh3 R2g3+ 5. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 6. Kxh4
                                     Rg5 7. Qxa7 Rg4+ 8. Kxh5 Rxe4 9. Qb8+ Ke7
                                     10. Qxb7+ Kxe6 11. Qxc6+ Kf5
         16     1.21/18.90      ++   0. ... () 1. Kh1! (>+6.23)                 
         16     1.27/18.90      ++   0. ... () 1. Kh1! (>+6.39)                 
         16     1.33/18.90    6.53   0. ... () 1. Kh1 Rxg2 2. Nf5 Rg1+ 3. Kh2
                                     R1g2+ 4. Kh3 R2g3+ 5. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 6. Kxh4
                                     Rg4+ 7. Kh3 Rg5 8. Qxa7 Ke7 9. Qxb7+ Kxe6
                                     10. Qxc6+ Ke5 11. a4
         16     2.03/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+6.71)                 
         16     2.14/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+6.87)                 
         16     2.28/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+7.19)                 
         16     2.42/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+7.83)                 
         16     2.71/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+9.11)                 
         16     4.10/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+11.67)                
         16     5.24/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+16.79)                
         16     7.44/36.00   20.33   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Nxc2 Rd1
                                     10. Qxd1 Kf8 11. Qd8+ Kg7 12. e7 h3
                                     13. Qf8+ Kh7 14. e8=Q
         16->   7.46/36.00   20.33   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Nxc2 Rd1
                                     10. Qxd1 Kf8 11. Qd8+ Kg7 12. e7 h3
                                     13. Qf8+ Kh7 14. e8=Q
         17     7.66/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+20.49)                
         17     7.72/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+20.65)                
         17     7.77/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+20.97)                
         17     7.81/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+21.61)                
         17     7.88/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+22.89)                
         17     8.11/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+25.45)                
         17     8.16/36.00      ++   0. ... () 1. Qd6! (>+30.57)                
         17     8.63/36.00   Mat15   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Kxc2 Rg2+
                                     10. Ne2 Rg7 11. Qb8+ Ke7 12. Qc7+ Ke8
                                     13. Qxg7 c5 14. Qd7+ Kf8 15. Qf7#
         17->   8.88/32.40   Mat15   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Kxc2 Rg2+
                                     10. Ne2 Rg7 11. Qb8+ Ke7 12. Qc7+ Ke8
                                     13. Qxg7 c5 14. Qd7+ Kf8 15. Qf7#
         18     9.56/32.40   Mat14   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Nxc2 Rd1
                                     10. Qxd1 Kf8 11. Qd7 Kg8 12. Qf7+ Kh8
                                     13. e7 a5 14. e8=Q#
         18->   9.75/29.10   Mat14   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Nxc2 Rd1
                                     10. Qxd1 Kf8 11. Qd7 Kg8 12. Qf7+ Kh8
                                     13. e7 a5 14. e8=Q#
         19    10.49/29.10   Mat14   0. ... () 1. Qd6 Rxg2+ 2. Kf1 Rg1+ 3. Kf2
                                     R8g2+ 4. Ke3 Rg3+ 5. Kd2 R1g2+ 6. Kc1 Rc3+
                                     7. Kb1 Rg1+ 8. Kb2 Rc2+ 9. Nxc2 Rd1
                                     10. Qxd1 Kf8 11. Qd7 Kg8 12. Qf7+ Kh8
                                     13. e7 a5 14. e8=Q#
Just amazing....

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Re: In Praise of The King

Post by Werewolf »

One of my all time favourites..

I have a Tasc R30 and there's nothing like it for a sparring partner
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Re: In Praise of The King

Post by Dann Corbit »

Matefinder says mate in 13, but it took 44 seconds with 11 threads.

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Searching: 4k1r1/pp4r1/2p1Pp2/2Q4p/3NP2p/1P6/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
infinite: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0

 1   +4.81   00:00  363449  Qxh5+ Kd8 
 2   +9.10   00:00  662843  Nf5 a5 
 3  +10.75   00:00  699182  Nf5 h3 Qxa7 
 4   +4.92   00:00  724230  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 
 5  +10.44   00:00  755417  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 
 6  +10.58   00:00  786171  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg7 
 7  +10.55   00:00  927655  Nf5 a6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qd6 f5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qxb7+ Kf6 
 8   +5.07   00:00  990641  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kh2 
 9  +11.25   00:00   1050K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 
10  +11.53   00:00   1085K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rf4 Qd6 Rf3+ Kh4 a5 
11  +11.46   00:00   1116K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 hxg3 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qf7 Rh8+ Kxg3 Kc8 e7 
12  +10.61   00:00   1239K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg7 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qd6 f5 Qd4 Rh7 
13  +12.34   00:00   1480K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rg7 Qd6 f5 exf5 h4 Qd4 Rh7 Qe5 Kf8 Qf6+ Kg8 
14  +12.37   00:00   2023K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 b5 Qe7 f5 Qe6+ Kb7 
15  +12.39   00:00   2108K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Ke8 Qxa7 b5 
16  +12.66   00:00   2429K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 b5 Qf7 Kb8 Kg2 f5 
17  +12.73   00:00   2658K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Kh2 Kc8 Kg2 Kc7 Qa5+ Kc8 Qf5+ Kc7 Qxf6 
18  +12.78   00:00   3086K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Kh2 Kc8 Kg2 Kc7 Qa5+ Kc8 Qf5+ Kb8 Qxf6 Kc7 Qf4+ Kb6 
19  +12.83   00:00   3244K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Qa5+ Kb8 Qd8+ Ka7 Qxf6 Kb6 Kg2 Ka7 Qf4 Kb6 
20  +12.83   00:00   3659K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Kh2 Kc8 Kg2 Kc7 Qa5+ Kc8 Qb6 f5 Qa7 f4 
21  +12.85   00:00   4502K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Kg2 Kc8 Qf2 Kc7 Qxf6 c5 Qe5+ Kc6 a4 b6 Qf5 
22  +13.15   00:00  10788K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qf5+ Kc7 Qa5+ Kd6 Qxa7 Kc7 Kg2 Kc8 Qf2 Kc7 Qxf6 Kb6 Kh3 
23  +60.81   00:08 125545K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qf5+ Kc7 Qa5+ Kd6 Qxa7 Kc7 Kg2 f5 Qa5+ Kd6 Qxf5 b5 Kh3 b4 Qa5 Kd7 Qxb4 Ke6 Qc5 
24  +61.10   00:10 147169K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R8g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qf5+ Kc7 Qa5+ Kd6 Qxa7 Kc7 Qc5 Kc8 Qf8+ Kc7 Qe7+ Kb6 Qxf6 Kb5 Qe5+ Kb4 Qd4+ Ka3 Qa7+ Kb2 
25  +62.62   00:13 183287K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R8g2+ Kh3 Rg3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Qc5 Kd7 Qf8 Ke6 Qc8+ Ke5 Qxb7 Kd6 Qb4+ Kd5 Qc4+ Kd6 Qd4+ Ke7 Qa7+ Kd6 Qb7 f5 Qb4+ c5 Qb6+ Kd5 Qc7 Ke6 Qc6+ Kf7 
26  +62.96   00:17 243626K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 Kc7 Qd4 f5 Qe5+ Kb6 Qxf5 Kc7 Qf4+ Kd7 Qf6 b6 Qe5 c5 Qd5+ Kc7 Qf7+ Kc6 Qe7 b5 Qe6+ Kc7 Qd5 c4 
27  +62.96   00:18 252342K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Ke6 Qxa7 b5 Qc5 Kd7 Qc3 Ke7 Qxc6 b4 Qa4 Kf8 Qd7 Kg8 Qd6 Kg7 Qe6 Kg6 Qg4+ Kh7 Qe4+ Kh6 Qxb4 
28  +63.34   00:22 311298K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Ke6 Qxa7 b5 Qc5 Kd7 Qc3 Kd6 Qxf6+ Kc5 Qc3+ Kd6 Qd3+ Ke7 Qe4+ Kd7 Qf5+ Ke7 b4 Ke8 Qc8+ Ke7 Qxc6 Kf7 Qd5+ Ke7 Qxb5 Ke6 Kg4 Kd6 Qc5+ Ke6 Kg5 
29  +63.34   00:23 319948K  Nf5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kh2 R1g2+ Kh3 R2g3+ Nxg3 Rxg3+ Kxh4 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxe4 Qxh5+ Ke7 Qh7+ Kxe6 Qxe4+ Kd7 Qd4+ Kc8 Qxa7 f5 Qc5 f4 Qf5+ Kd8 Qxf4 Kd7 Qf7+ Kc8 Qe7 Kb8 Qd6+ Ka7 Qc5+ Kb8 Qf5 Kc7 Qf6 c5 Qe6 b6 Qf7+ Kb8 Qe7 Kc8 
30     #13   00:44 590710K  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
31     #13   00:44 592449K  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
32     #13   00:50 658893K  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
33     #13   00:59 757495K  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
34     #13   01:13 924152K  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
35     #13   02:11   1653M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Kf2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 Rh7 Kf5 b5 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Ke8 Qxh7 c5 Qf7+ Kd8 Qd7+ 
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Re: In Praise of The King

Post by Dann Corbit »

Stockfish took 131 seconds to find a mate:

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Searching: 4k1r1/pp4r1/2p1Pp2/2Q4p/3NP2p/1P6/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
infinite: 0 time: 0 increment: 0 moves to go: 0

 1   +4.79   00:00  987610  Qxh5+ Kd8 
 2   +7.23   00:00   1017K  Qxh5+ Kf8 Kf1 
 3   +7.33   00:00   1089K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Kf1 a6 
 4   +6.89   00:00   1226K  Kf1 Rc7 Qxa7 Ke7 Qc5+ Kd8 
 5   +7.45   00:00   1255K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 
 6   +7.46   00:00   1287K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 Rg3 Qxb7+ Kd6 Qxa7 
 7   +7.52   00:00   1408K  Qxh5+ Rg6 Nf5 Kd8 Kf1 h3 Qxh3 Kc7 
 8   +7.57   00:00   1452K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 h3 Qxb7+ Kf8 Qc8+ Ke7 
 9   +7.69   00:00   1511K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 Kd6 Qf8+ Re7 Qxf6+ Kd7 Qxh4 
10   +7.72   00:00   1570K  Kf1 h3 Qxh5+ Kd8 Qxh3 Re7 Qh6 Rge8 Qxf6 Kc8 Qe5 
11   +7.78   00:00   1654K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 Kd6 Qf8+ Re7 Qxf6+ Kd7 Qxh4 Rf7 Qh3+ Kd6 Qc3 a6 e5+ Ke6 Qc4+ Ke7 Qd3 Rf4 
12   +7.76   00:00   1829K  Qxh5+ Ke7 Nf5+ Kxe6 Nxg7+ Rxg7 Qf5+ Ke7 Qc8 Kd6 Qf8+ Re7 Qxf6+ Kd7 Qxh4 b6 Kf2 
13   +8.46   00:00   2658K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 h3 Qxh3 Kc7 Qh7+ Kb6 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Ke3 Ra8 Nd6 Rgg8 Qf5 
14   +8.53   00:00   2852K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 h3 e8=Q Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qe7+ Kb6 Qxf6 
15   +8.73   00:00   3803K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 h3 e8=Q Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qe7+ Kb6 Qd8+ Ka6 Qxf6 h2 Qh8 Ra3 Qxh2 Rxb3+ Kg4 
16   +8.70   00:00   4340K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 h3 e8=Q Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qe7+ Kb6 Qd8+ Ka6 Qxf6 h2 Ng3 Kb6 Qh8 a6 Nf5 Rb2 Qd4+ Kc7 
17   +8.69   00:00   4482K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 h3 e8=R Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qf7+ Kb6 Qxf6 h2 Qd8+ Ka6 Ng3 b5 Qc8+ Kb6 Qb8+ Ka6 b4 
18   +8.82   00:00   5086K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 h3 e8=Q Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qf7+ Kb6 Qxf6 h2 Qd8+ Kb5 Ng3 Kc5 b4+ Kb5 Qc7 Ka6 Qf7 Ra3+ Kg2 
19   +8.76   00:00   5322K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 h3 e8=Q R1g2+ Kf3 Rxe8 Qxe8 Rxa2 Qe7+ Kb6 Qd8+ Ka6 Qxf6 h2 Ng3 Ka5 Qd4 Kb5 
20  +10.47   00:02  31214K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Kc5 Kf3 R4g5 Qd7 Rh5 e7 Rh3+ Kf4 Rhh8 Qd4+ Kb5 Nd6+ Ka6 Qxf6 b5 Qe5 Kb6 e8=Q Rxe8 Nxe8 
21  +10.85   00:04  49214K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 Kb6 e7 Rg1+ Kf2 R1g2+ Kf3 Rxa2 Qxf6 Rd2 Qf7 Rh8 e8=Q Rxe8 Qxe8 Rd3+ Ke2 Rxb3 Nd6 Rb2+ Kd3 Rb1 Qe7 Rd1+ Ke2 Rxd6 
22  +11.01   00:05  65723K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Rb8 e7 Rgg8 Qf7 Kc5 Qxf6 Kb4 Nd6 c5 Qf7 a5 e8=Q Rgxe8 Nxe8 b5 Qe7 Rb6 Nc7 
23  +11.29   00:07  89254K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Rb8 e7 Rgg8 Qf7 Kc5 Qxf6 Kb4 Nd6 b5 Qd4+ Ka3 Qxa7+ Kb2 Qd7 Kxa2 Qxc6 Ka3 e8=Q Rgxe8 Nxe8 Kxb3 Qe6+ Kc2 Nd6 
24  +11.86   00:16 203533K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 Rg1+ Kf2 Kb6 e7 R1g2+ Kf3 Rxa2 Qxf6 Rd2 Ke3 Rd1 Ke2 Rdg1 Qd4+ Ka6 Nd6 R1g2+ Kf1 R2g6 e8=Q Rxe8 Nxe8 b5 Qc5 Rh6 Nd6 Rxd6 Qxd6 Kb7 Kg2 a6 b4 
25  +12.48   00:33 431112K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 Kb6 e7 Rxa2 Qxf6 Rd2 Nd6 Kc5 e8=Q Rxe8 Nxe8 Kb4 Qe7+ Kc3 Qxb7 Rd1+ Kg2 Rd2+ Kf3 Rd3+ Kf4 Kb2 Qxc6 Rd2 Ke3 Rh2 Qc7 Rc2 Qxa7 Rc3+ Kf4 
26  +12.64   00:41 536379K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Rb8 e7 a5 Nd6 Rgg8 Qf7 Kc5 e8=N Rgxe8 Nxe8 Kb4 Qe7+ Kc3 Qxf6+ Kc2 Nd6 b5 Nb7 c5 Nxa5 Kb1 Qd6 
27  +12.68   00:43 561530K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Rb8 e7 Rgg8 Qf7 Kc5 Qxf6 Kb4 Nd6 b5 Qd4+ Ka3 Qxa7+ Kb2 Qd7 c5 e8=R Rgxe8 Nxe8 b4 Qa4 Rd8 Nc7 Rd2+ Ke3 Rc2 Ne6 Kb1 Qa5 Rxa2 Qxc5 Kb2 Qxb4 Ra8 Nd4 
28  +12.78   00:48 625588K  Qxh5+ Kd8 Nf5 Rxg2+ Kf1 Kc7 Qxh4 R2g4 Qh7+ Kb6 Kf2 Rg2+ Kf3 Rg1 e7 a6 Qf7 c5 e8=R Rxe8 Qxe8 Rf1+ Kg2 Rd1 Qe7 Kc6 Qxf6+ Kb5 Nd6+ Kc6 Ne8+ Kd7 Qf7+ Kd8 Nf6 Rd2+ Kf3 b6 Nd5 
29     #13   02:11   1665M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
30     #13   02:12   1670M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
31     #13   02:12   1681M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
32     #13   02:13   1682M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
33     #13   02:14   1696M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
34     #13   02:14   1702M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
35     #13   02:15   1707M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
36     #13   02:15   1710M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
37     #13   02:17   1734M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
38     #13   02:19   1751M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
39     #13   02:22   1785M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
40     #13   02:24   1813M  Qd6 Rxg2+ Kf1 Rg1+ Ke2 R8g2+ Ke3 Rg3+ Nf3 Rxf3+ Kxf3 Rg7 Kf4 b6 Kf5 Rh7 Qb8+ Ke7 Qc7+ Kf8 Qxh7 Ke8 Qd7+ Kf8 Qf7+ 
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Re: In Praise of The King

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Thanks to Norbert Leisner for correcting my mistake - It was The King v3.23 (dated June 6, 2002) in Chessmaster 9000.
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Re: In Praise of The King

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Still no engine named after Elvis (the King)
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Re: In Praise of The King

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How good that we soon get this engine in a new dedicated chess computer.
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Re: In Praise of The King

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mclane wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:16 pm How good that we soon get this engine in a new dedicated chess computer.
Wait...what?? Johan is working on a new version?!?!?
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Re: In Praise of The King

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Johan’s engine will be in a wooden Auto sensory dedicated chess computer sold by Ossi Weiners millennium company.

It will be in reminiscence of the tasc r30 in a stylish wooden case like the r30 was.
https://goo.gl/images/9FhLVs

But of course better hardware.

http://computerchess.de


Products remind me much on the old Mephisto Brand by hegener + glaser, if you ask me.


Before Johan’s engine, Millennium sold Richard Lang’s engine with the board.
The board has 81 leds and the pieces are piece recognition.
So setup a position is very easy,

The new the king module is the second Modul for the board.
There will be a Bluetooth module to connect the chess board to a pc, a mobile phone or tablet,
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Re: In Praise of The King

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That's wonderful. Thanks for the info!

However, this may not be a new version of The King. :(

Here's a picture from January showing the hardware (I think?) with The King's version number from back in January.
https://picochess.com/millennium-2000-t ... berg-2018/

It shows v2.61, which was the same version used in back in 1998 with Chessmaster 6000. So, I'm not sure what to think. This might have been an early testing version. The most recently released version of The King that I'm aware of is v3.50, from 2007, used in CM11.