Plaskett's Chess Puzzle Solved in ~15 minutes

[MikeB]

Code written by Günther Demetz ( pb00068 on Github ) and Michael Stembera (mstembera on Github) in a collaborative effort by these two extremely talented and valued Stockfish programmers led to to this latest improvement in McCain.

First I knew it was getting close when McCain was able to solve a precursor position :
I ran it twice and it was solved both times, although the first run was quite a bit shorter
All of the runs below were straight runs, clean starts and no back and forth on a 2010 MacPro with 12 cores and 16 GB hash. 23 threads were used for each run.

[d]8/3P3k/n2K2kp/2p3nN/1b6/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1; bm Bc2
first run:

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 39	+11.13!	19.1G	9:46.11	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Kf4 Qg8 Ne4 Qxc4 Nc5 Kd5 c2! 
 38	+8.35!	14.5G	7:27.15	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Kf4 Qg8 Ne4 Qxc4 Nc5 Kd5 Ba3 Bc2 e2 Qxe2 Nf6+ Kd4 Ncd7 Qf2+ Kg4 Qf5+ Kh4 Kxc3 Be7 Bb3 h5 Qf2+ Kg5 Qe3+ Kg6 Qxe7 h4 Bc2+ Kg5! 
 37	+7.33!	13.1G	6:45.46	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Bc5 Qe5+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kg3 Qxc4 c2 Bxc2 Nf3 Kb7 Nb8 Kxb8 Bd6+ Kb7 Bf4 Bd1 Bg5 Qe2 Ne5 Kb6 Nd7+ Kb5 Ne5 Kc5 Ng6 Qg4+ Kh2 Kb5 Nh4 Bc2 Ng2 Be4 Bf6! 
 36	+3.21!	11.9G	6:06.67	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Ba3 Bd1+ Kh3 Qh5+ Kg2 Qe2+ Kh3 Qxe3 Nb4+ Kb5 c2 g4+ Kh4 Qf2+ Kh3 Bxc2 Nxc2 Qxc2 Bd6 Qxc4 Bh2 Ka6 Bg3 Qc6 Kxg4 Qxh6 Ne4 Kb5 Kf5 Qh5+ Kf4 Kc4 Ke3! 
 35	 -9.64!	11.3G	5:47.74	Ke5! 
 34	 -9.73?	10.0G	5:07.37	Nf4+ Kf5 Kd5 Ba5 Kc4 Nf7 Kb5 Nb4 Ba4 c2 Ne2 Ke4 Kxa5 Kd3 Nf4+ Kd2 Bxc2 Nxc2 Kb5 c4 Kxc4 Ne5+ Kd5 Nxd7 Ng2 e2 Ke4 Nc5+ Kd5? 

second run

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 40	+8.04!	34.9G	17:59.72	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Bc5 Qe5+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kg3 Qxc4 c2 Bxc2 Nf3 Kd5 Nb8 Kxc5 Nd7+ Kd6 Nde5 Qe2 h5 Kd5 h4 Qxe3 h3 Bf5 h2 Qh6 Kg2 Qh3+ Kf2 Kc5 Ke3 Kb6 Nc4+ Ka6 Ne5 Ka5 Nc6+ Ka4 Nd4 Bg6 Ne2 Bh5 Nd4 Kb4 Kf2 Bg6 Ke2! 
 39	+5.93!	32.8G	16:56.39	Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Bc5 Qe5+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kg3 Qxc4 Nf3 Kb7 c2! 
 38	 -10.37!	31.9G	16:26.80	Bc2+! 
 38	 -10.42!	25.1G	13:02.60	Ke5! 
 38	 -10.57?	25.0G	12:59.69	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kxe3 Be5 Kd3 Nb4+ Kc4 c2 Bxc2 Nxc2 Kxc5 Ne3 Kc6 Nf7 Kc5 Kxd7 Nc1 Nd8 Kb4 Ne6 Nb3 h5 Nd2 Bxg3 Nb1 Be5 Nd2 Ng5 Ka3? 
 38	 -10.44?	21.1G	11:03.84	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kf5 Nb4 Nxc3 Kxd7 g4 c4 Be2 Nc6 Bxc4 Nd4+ Kg6 Ba5 Na4 Kc6 Kxh6 Nf7+ Kh5 Ne5 g5? 
 38	 -10.36?	19.7G	10:19.35	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kxe3 Be5 Kd3 Nb4+ Kc4 c2 Bxc2 Nxc2 Kxc5 Ne3 Kc6 Nf7 Kc5 Kxd7 Nc1 Nd8 Kb4 Ne6 Ka3 Nc5 Ne2 Ne4 Ng1 Kc7 Kb3 Bxg3 Nf3? 
 37	 -10.27 	18.3G	9:34.61	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kxe3 Be5 Kd3 Nb4+ Kc4 c2 Bxc2 Nxc2 Kxc5 Ne3 Kc6 Nf7 Kc5 Kxd7 Nc1 Nd8 Kb4 Ne6 Ka3 Nc5 Ne2 Ne4 Ng1 Kc7 Kb3 Bxg3 Kb2 Be5+ Kb1 Ng5 Ne2 Kd6 Nc1 Bg3 Ka2 Ne4 Ne2 
 37	 -10.24?	17.6G	9:10.63	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kf5 Nb4 Nxc3 Kxd7 g4 c4 Be2 Nc6 Bxc4 Nd4+ Kg6 Ba5 Nd5 e2 Nf6+ Kd6 Bxe2 Nxe2 Kxh6 Nf7+ Kg6 Ke6 Ne4 Nf4+ Kg7 Ne5 Nf6 Bd8 g5 Nf7 Ne4 Nxg5 Ng3 Nf3 Kg8 Ne5 Kg7 Ng4 Ne4 Ba5 Kh8? 
 37	 -10.15?	15.9G	8:17.53	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kf5 Nb4 Nxc3 Kxd7 Kf6 Bxg3 Ne2 Nd5+ Kf5 Ne7+ Kf6 Ne4+ Kf7 Nd5 Bc2 Ndc3 Nc1? 
 36	 -10.07 	14.8G	7:43.22	Ke5 Ba5 Nf4+ Kf7 Ne2 Ke7 Kf4 Bc7+ Kf5 Nb4 Nxc3 Kxd7 Kf6 Bxg3 Ne2 Nd5+ Kf5 Ne7+ Kg4 Be5 Bb3 Kd6 Bc4 Nc6 Kh5 Nd4 Nc1 Nge6 Kxh6 Nf4 Kg5 e2 Nxe2 Nfxe2 Kh4 Nc3 Ba6 Nd5 Kg5 Ne3 Bb7 Kd7 Ba6 Bg3 
 36	 -9.96?	12.6G	6:30.28	Nf4+ Kf5 Bc2+ Kg4 Bg6 Ba5 Ne2 Nb8 d8=B Bxd8 Nxc3 Kxg3 Bd3 Bf6 Ne2+ Kf2 Kxc5 h5 Nf4 h4 Kd6 Kf3 Nh5 Bd8 Kd5 h3 Be2+? 
 36	 -9.87?	11.0G	5:40.09	Nf4+ Kf5 Bc2+ Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Bh5 Ba5 Ne2+ Kh4 Bg6 Nb8 Kxc5 Nxd7+ Kd4 Kg4 Nc1 Nf3+ Kxe3 c2 Kf2 Be1+ Kf1 Bd2 Bxc2 Bxc1 Kf2 Kf4 Ke2? 
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now for the big test:
[d]8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1; bm Nf6

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 50	+10.51!	54.6G	29:27.38	Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Qf6 Kxg3 Qf1 Nf3 Bd1 c4+ Kc6 e2 Bxe2 Nd2 Qg1+ Kf4 Bd1 Ba3 Qg4+ Ke3 Qg3+ Kd4 Qg7+ Kd3 Qd7+ Ke4 Bc2+ Ke3 Qa7+ Nc5 Qxa3 Nd3 Kb5 Kf2! 
 49	+6.99!	34.1G	19:09.10	Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Bd1+ Kxg3 Qe8 c4+ Kc6 Bc5 Qe5+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kf2 Qxc4 Kg3 Qg4+ Kf2 Qe2+ Kg3 Qxa6 Ne4 Qc4 e2 Qxe2 Kf4 Kd5 Bf2! 
 48	 -3.67!	27.7G	15:34.41	Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Nf7+ Ke6 Nxd8+ Kf5 e2 Be4 e1=N Bd5 c2 Bc4 c1=N Bb5 Nc6 Bxc6 Nc7 Ba4 Nb3 Bxb3 Ba3! 
 47	 -3.76?	21.7G	12:13.64	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 Bf2 Nc2 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Na3 Kf4 Bb7 Ne6 Nc4 Nd4 Kd3 h3 Nd6 Be3 Bh1 h2 Ne8 Nf3 Ng7 Ne5+ Ke2 Bd4 Nh5+ Kg4 Nf6+ Kf5 Ne4 Kf4 Nd2 Ng4 Bg2 Nf2 Nb3 Be3 Na1 h1=Q B 
 46	 -3.67?	16.4G	9:16.57	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 Bf2 Nc2 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Kd3 h3 Bc6 Kf4 Ke2 Kg3 Na3 Ne6 Kf1 Nd4 Bb7 Nf5 Nc4 Bd4 Ke2 Kf4 Nd2 Ng3+ Kd3 h2 Bg2 Be3 Nb3 Ne4 Kc4 Ng5 Na5 Kg3 Bf3? 
 46	 -3.58?	13.0G	7:16.85	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Na1 Bd4 Nb3 Ne6 Kd5 Kf5 Bc2+ Kf6 Kc4 h4 Be4 h3 Nxd4 cxd4 Bf5? 
 45	 -3.50 	10.0G	5:33.52	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Kd3 h3 Bc6 Kf4 Na3 Ne6 Nc4 Nd4 Ba8 Nf5 Nd2 Ng3 Nf3 Be3 Bc6 Nf1 Nh4 Bg1 Ng6+ Kg5 Ne5 h2 Bh1 Kf5 Nf3 Ng3 Bg2 Kf4 Kc4 Nf1 Bh1 Bf2 Kd3 N 
 44	 -3.49 	7.29G	3:59.20	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Na3 Kf4 Bb7 Ne6 Kd3 h3 Nc4 Nd4 Nd2 Nf5 Bd5 Ng3 Nf3 Be3 Bc6 Nf1 Nh4 Bg1 Ng6+ Kg5 Ne5 h2 Bh1 Kf5 Nf3 Ng3 Bg2 Kf4 Kc4 Nf1 Kc3 Ne3 Bh1 N 
 43	 -3.49 	7.00G	3:49.08	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Na3 h3 Bb7 Ne6 Nc4 Kf4 Kd2 Nd4 Kd3 Nf5 Nd2 Ng3 Nf3 Be3 Bc6 Nf1 Nh4 Bg1 Ng6+ Kg5 Ke2 Ne3 Ne5 h2 Bh1 Kf5 Nf3 Kf4 Nd2 c4 Nf3 Ng4 Nxh2 N 
 42	 -3.46 	5.82G	3:09.42	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Na3 Kf4 Bb7 Ne6 Kd3 h3 Nc4 Nd4 Nd2 Nf5 Bd5 Ne3 Ba8 Bg1 Ne4 Nf5 Nc3 Bd4 Ne4 h2 Nd2 Ng3 Bg2 Be3 Nb3 Nh5 Na5 Kg3 Bh1 Bd4 Nc4 Nf4+ Ke4 N 
 41	 -3.41 	5.32G	2:52.35	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd3 Nd5 Na3 h3 Nc4 Kg5 Bf3 Nf4+ Kc2 Nh5 Nd2 Ng3 Bc6 Kf4 Nf3 Nf5 Kd3 Ne3 Nd2 Be1 Nf3 Ng4 Bb7 Bf2 Nd2 Bg1 Nf1 Ne5+ Kc2 Nf3 Nd2 Nh2 Kd3 Be3 Ke2 
 40	 -3.36 	3.83G	2:03.44	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 Kg5 Na3 Kf4 Bb7 Ne8 Kd3 Nd6 Bg2 Kg3 Bd5 h3 Ke2 Ne8 Nc4 Nf6 Bb7 Ng4 Nd2 Bg1 Nf1+ Kf4 Kd2 Be3+ Kd3 Ne5+ Kc2 Bg1 Bh1 h2 Bg2 Ng4 Kc3 
 39	 -3.37 	3.67G	1:58.00	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd3 Nd5 Na3 Kg5 Bf3 Nf4+ Kc2 h3 Nc4 Ng2 Bc6 Kg4 Nd2 Ne3+ Kd3 Kf4 Ke2 Bg1 Nf1 Ng4 Kd2 Be3+ Kd1 c4 Bd5 c3 Kc2 Bd4 Bb7 Nf2 Nh2 Ne4 Bc8 Ng5 Nf1  
 38	 -3.37 	3.42G	1:49.51	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd3 Nd5 Na3 Kg5 Bf3 Nf4+ Kc2 h3 Nc4 Bd4 Bb7 Nh5 Nd2 Kf4 Kd3 Ng3 Nf3 Nf5 Bc6 Ne3 Nd2 Ng4 Bb7 Nf2+ Kc4 Nd1 Nf1 Ne3+ Nxe3 Kxe3 
 37	 -3.36 	2.96G	1:34.75	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd3 Nd5 Na3 Kg5 Bf3 Nf4+ Kc2 h3 Nc4 Ng2 Bb7 Kf4 Kd3 Nh4 Ke2 Bd4 Nd2 Nf5 Kd3 Bf2 Nf1 c4+ Kc2 Be1 Bc8 Ne3+ Nxe3 h2 Bb7 
 36	 -3.36 	2.85G	1:30.96	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd3 Nd5 Na3 Kg5 Bf3 Nf6 Bh1 h3 Nc4 Kf4 Nd2 Be3 Nf1 Bd4 Bb7 Ng4 Kc2 c4 Bd5 c3 Bb7 Be5 Bc6 Nf2 Bb7 Ne4 Bd5 Nc5 
 35	 -3.31 	2.46G	1:18.55	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 Bf2 Nc2 h5 Kxc3 h4 Kd2 Nd5 Bf3 Nf4 Na3 Kg5 Nc4 Bd4 Kd1 h3 Nd2 Nh5 Bb7 Kf4 Nf1 Nf6 Ke2 Bg1 Nd2 Ng4 Bd5 Ne3 Bb7 Nf5 Kd3 h2 Nf1 c4+ Kc3 
 34	 -3.31 	2.32G	1:14.05	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nc2 Bf2 Kb5 Nc7+ Kc4 h5 Kxc3 h4 Bf3 h3 Kd3 Kg5 Bc6 Kf4 Ke2 Bd4 Ne1 Kg3 Nf3 Ne6 Kd3 Nf4+ Kc4 Be3 Bb7 Ng6 Kd3 Bc1 Kc4 Bf4 Ne1 Be3 Nd3 Nh4 Bh1 
 33	 -3.29 	2.14G	1:08.44	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Ke7 e2 Bxe2 Nb4 Ne3 Bc7 Kf7 Bxg3 Bd1 Bh4 Nc2 Nd3 Ne3 Nf4 Bc2+ Kh8 Nf5 Ng2 Be4 h5 Nd6 Nf4 Nc4 Bg3 Na3 h4 Kf6 h3 Kf5 h2 Kg4 Ne2 Nc2 Kg7 
 33	 -3.23?	1.86G	0:59.48	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kc8 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Bc2+ Kh8 Kb7 Nb4 Bd1 Kh7 Nc2 Kg6 Nxb4 cxb4 Bb3? 
 33	 -3.05?	1.69G	0:54.15	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Be5 Nxc3 Na8+ Kb7 Bxc3 Bd3 Bd4 Kxa8 h5 Kb7 h4 Kc6 h3 Kd5 Kf4 Bf1 h2 Bb5? 
 33	 -2.92?	1.38G	0:44.24	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Nd5 Be1 Bc2+ Kg7 Bd3 Nb4 Ke7? 
 33	 -2.83?	1.28G	0:40.99	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Be5 Kxc5 h5 Kc4 h4 Nxc3 Bxc3 Kxc3 Kf4 Ba4 h3 Bc6 Kg3 Kd2 Kf2 Kc3? 
 32	 -2.74 	1.14G	0:36.54	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Ke7 e2 Bxe2 Nb4 Ne3 Bc7 Kf7 Bxg3 Bd1 Bh4 Nc2 Nd3 Ne3 Nf4 Bc2+ Kh8 Nf5 Be1 Nxh6 Bd2 Nf5 Nd5 Bb3 Nb4 Ng3 c2 Ne2 Kh7 Kf6 c1=R Nxc1 Bxc1 Kf5 Kg7 Bc4 Be3 
 32	 -2.63?	954.5M	0:30.68	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Bc2+ Kh8 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Nb4+ Kxc5 Nxc2 Nxc2 h5 Kb4? 
 32	 -2.44?	720.7M	0:23.24	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3 Kf5 Nd5 Nd4 Ne7+ Kf6 Nd5+ Kg5 Bc4 h5 Kb6 h4 Bf1 c4 Kc5 Nf3 Kb4 Kg4 Ne3+ Kf4 Nxc4 Kg3 Kb5? 
 32	 -2.31?	516.0M	0:16.67	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3 Kf5 Nd5 Nd4 Ne7+ Kf6 Nd5+ Kg5 Bc4 h5 Kb6 h4 Bf1 Bd6 Nc3 Be7 Bc4? 
 32	 -2.23?	470.4M	0:15.19	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3 Kf5 Nd5 Nd4 Ne7+ Kf6 Nd5+ Kg5 Bc4 h5 Kb6 h4 Bf1 Bd6 Nc3 Be7 Nb5? 
 31	 -2.25!	425.3M	0:13.75	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3 Kf5 Bc2+ Kf4 Bb3 Nd4 Bf7 Nf5 Nb5 Bd4! 
 31	 -2.36?	408.3M	0:13.21	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Be2 Nb8+ Kb5 h5 Kxc5 Bf2 Bd3+ Kg5 Kd5? 
 31	 -2.23?	350.4M	0:11.34	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Bc2+ Kh8 Kc6 Nb4+ Kxc5 Nxc2 Nxc2 h5 Kb5? 
 31	 -2.14?	325.6M	0:10.53	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Na4? 
 30	 -2.13!	271.4M	0:08.81	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Ba5 Ne2 Nd8+ Ka6 Bb4 Bb3 h5 Bd5 h4 Kb5 h3 Ng3 h2! 
 30	 -2.21?	255.9M	0:08.31	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3? 
 29	 -2.13 	211.2M	0:06.85	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Ne4+ Kf4 Bb1 h5 Ba2 Nd4 Nxc5 Kg4 Ne6 Nf5 Kc6 h4 Kd5 Bf6 Ke4 h3 Bd5 Ne7 Bb7 Kg3 Ke3 
 29	 -2.21?	189.9M	0:06.15	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Ne2 c4 Kc6 Nf4 Nxf4 Kxf4 Kd5 c3 Bg6 h5 Kc4 Ke3 Kb5? 
 29	 -2.08?	166.6M	0:05.39	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Be5 Bb3 Nd4 Bd5 h5 Ne4+ Kg4 Kb6 Nf5 Nf2+ Kh4 Ne4 Bd4 Kc7? 
 29	 -1.99?	137.1M	0:04.43	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 Ba5 Ne2 Nd8+ Ka6 Bb4 Bb3 h5 Ng1 h4 Nf3+ Kg4 Bd5? 
 28	 -1.90 	121.1M	0:03.91	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Ne6 Nxc3 Bc7+ Kb7 c4 Bb1 Be5 Ne4+ Kf4 Kc6 Nd4+ Kc5 h5 Kxc4 h4 Nf2 Kf3 Nh3 Kg3 Ng5 Kg4 Ne4 Bg7 Nf2+ Kf3 Nh3 Kg3 Ng5 Kg4 
 27	 -1.98!	94.2M  	0:03.04	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 h5 Nxc3 h4 Kxc5 h3 Be4 Kg4 Kd4 Be1 Nd5 Kh4! 
 26	 -2.06 	87.7M  	0:02.83	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 h5 Nxc3 h4 Kxc5 h3 Be4 Ne6+ Kc4 Bf2 Bd5 Kf5 Ne4 Bh4 Nd2 Bf6 Ne4 Be7 Ng3+ Ke5 Ne2 h2 Bc6 Bf8 
 24	 -2.10 	74.2M  	0:02.39	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 h5 Nxc3 h4 Kxc5 h3 Be4 Ne6+ Kd5 Nf4+ Kc4 Bf2 Bf3 Kh4 Ne2 Ne6 Nc3 Kg3 Bh1 Kf4 
 24	 -1.96 	53.4M  	0:01.72	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Kb6 Nc7 Bc2+ Kg5 Nd1 Be5 Nxc3 c4 Ne4+ Kf4 Kc5 h5 Kxc4 h4 Nf2 Kg3 Ne4+ Kg2 Ng5 Bf4 Be4+ Kg3 Nf3 h3 Kd3 Ne6 
 23	 -1.58 	18.7M  	0:00.62	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 Bc7 Nxe3 Bxg3 Kc6 Kg6 Nd5 Nb4+ Nxb4 cxb4 Kc5 h5 Kxb4 Be5 Kc4 h4 Kd3 h3 Bf3 Kf5 Bd5 Kf4 Bc6 Kg3 Bd5 h2 Bc6 Kf4 Bb7 
 22	 -1.59 	14.0M  	0:00.47	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 e2 Bxe2 Ba5+ Kd7 Nb4 Ne3 Kg6 Bd1 Bb6 Nc2 Kf5 Nxb4 cxb4 Kc6 Bd8 Kc5 Be7+ Kd4 Ke6 Bb3+ Kd7 Kc4 Kc7 Bc2 Kb6 Bd3 Ka6 g4 Ka5 Kb3 
 21	 -1.58 	11.3M  	0:00.38	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 e2 Bxe2 Ba5+ Kd7 Nb4 Ne3 Kg6 Bd1 Bb6 Nc2 Kf6 Nxb4 cxb4 Kc6 Bd8 Kc5 Be7+ Kd5 Kf5 Kd4 Ke6 Bb3+ Kd7 Kc4 Kc6 Bc2 Kb6 Bd3 Ka5 Kb3 Bd6 
 20	 -1.60 	9.82M  	0:00.33	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 e2 Bxe2 Nb4 Ne3 Kg6 Bd1 Bb6 Nc2 Kf5 Nxb4 cxb4 Kc6 Bd8 Kc5 Be7+ Kd4 Ke6 Bc2 Bf8 Bb3+ Kd6 g4 Be7 Bc2 Kc6 Kc4 
 19	 -1.61 	9.07M  	0:00.30	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 e2 Bxe2 Ba5+ Kd7 Nb4 Ne3 Bb6 Nc2 Kg7 Nxb4 cxb4 Bd1 Kf6 Kc6 Bd8 Kc5 Be7+ Kd4 Ke6 Bc2 Bf8 Bd3 Kf6 Bc2 
 17	 -1.44 	7.17M  	0:00.24	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 e2 Bxe2 Ba5+ Kd7 Nb4 Ne3 Kg6 Bd1 Bb6 Kd6 c4 Nc2 Nd3 Kd5 Bf2 Bf3 Kg5 Be4 
 16	 -1.49 	6.08M  	0:00.20	d8=Q Nf7+ Ke7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Kg7 Nxe3 Kf6 Kd7 Ke5 Bc2 c4 Kc6 Bc5 Kb5 Bxe3 Kxa6 Kd4 Kb6 
 15	 -1.64 	5.01M  	0:00.17	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 e2 Bxe2 Kg7 Ne3 Ba5+ Kd7 Nb4 Bd1 Bb6 Nc2 Kg6 Kd6 Kh7 Be2 Ba7 
 13	 -1.74 	4.47M  	0:00.15	d8=Q Nf7+ Kd7 Nxd8 Kxd8 Ba5+ Kd7 e2 Bxe2 Nb4 Ne3 Kg6 Bd1 h5 Kd6 Bb6 Bb3 Kg5 Ba4 
 12	 -2.45 	1.55M  	0:00.06	Kc6 Nb8+ Kc7 Nxd7 Kxd7 e2 Bxe2 Kg7 Bd1 Ne4 Ke6 Nxg3 Ke5 h5 Ne3 h4 Bg4 
 12	 -2.51 	1.26M  	0:00.04	Kc6 Nb8+ Kc7 Nxd7 Kxd7 e2 Bxe2 Kg7 Bd1 Ne4 Bc2 Nxg3 Kd6 h5 Nf2 Ne2 
  9	 -1.99 	1.08M  	0:00.04	Kc6 Nb8+ Kc7 Nxd7 Kxd7 Ne4 Nxe3 Nxg3 Bc2+ Kg7 Ke6 
  9	 -2.34 	658989	0:00.02	Nxe3 Ba5 Kc6 Nb8+ Kb5 Bc7 Bg4 Kg6 Bf5+ Kf6 Kxc5 
  8	 -2.27 	496444	0:00.02	Nxe3 Ba5 Kc6 Nb8+ Kb5 Bc7 Bg4 Kg6 Kc4 
  8	 -2.07 	216725	0:00.01	Nxe3 Ba5 Be2 Nb8 Bd3+ Kg7 Bb5 Ne4+ Kd5 Nxg3 Kxc5 
  7	+3.37!	14502  	0:00.00	Nf6+! 
  6	+3.21!	12978  	0:00.00	Nf6+! 
  5	+2.92 	12015  	0:00.00	Nf6+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxf6 d8=Q+ Kf7 Qe7+ Kg8 Qxe3 Nf7+ Ke7 
  4	+2.88 	10171  	0:00.00	Nf6+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxf6 d8=Q+ Kg7 Qe7+ Kg8 Bb3+ Kh8 Qxe3 
  3	+2.68 	8395    	0:00.00	Nf6+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxf6 d8=Q+ Kg7 
  2	+0.98 	6922    	0:00.00	Nf6+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxf6 d8=Q+ Kg7 
  1	+7.86 	2124    	0:00.00	Bc2+ Kg8 d8=Q+ Kg7 Nxe3 
  0	# 

Latest McCain Code is available on Github for McCain 10.1 , exe's will be available within a few days.

https://github.com/MichaelB7/Stockfish

The master branch has the code - as a reminder , from the one source, you can build McCain, McCain w Mate finder, Stockfish with features ( Cerebellum book, play by elo , Stockfish with Matefinder and straight dev-stockfis. The various makefile examples are also on Github and include the bench nodes for each version. The Matefinder code is directly from Joe Ellis' Matefinder fork but it does not include all of his Matefinder patches. All changes from dev-Stockfish code are marked with "#ifdef xxxx" and source attributed.

Also there were few bug fixes as well, none by the SF team, these were all my doing.

[MikeB]

did let it run a bit , but I have to shut it down now:

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 52	+19.23!	154.7G	1:15:03	Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Qf6 c4+ Kd5 Kxg3 Qf1 Nc7+ Kxc4 Nce6 Kxb4 Nf4 Kxc3 e2 Qe1+ Kg4 Bd3 Kf3 Kd2 Kg4 Bxe2+ Kf5 Bd3+ Kf6 Qh4 Kg7! 
 51	+19.14!	104.7G	53:12.98	Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8=Q Kg4 Qf6 Kxg3 Qf1 c4+ Kd5 Nc7+ Kxc4 Be7 Qg1+ Kf3 Bd1+ e2 Qf1+ Kg3 Qxe2 Nce6 Qe5+ Kg2 Qxc3 Bc5 Qf6 Be3 Qxh6 Kg3 Qf6 Kg2 Qe5 Bf4 Qe2+ Kg1 Qe1+ Kg2 Bg4 Nd8 Bf5 Nf3 Be4 Nf7 Qe2+ Kg1 Bxf3 Ne5+ Kb5 

[Dann Corbit]

Here is a link to an archive with McCain 10.1 64 bit binaries in it.
Compiled for popcount only, with McCain and McCain matefinder executables.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iLo8F ... F-2hM2VJcD

[Uri Blass]

komodo solved it in 2010 in 6.3 seconds on a old hardware of that time
so if people did a special version of stockfish not in order to play but in order to solve chess problems then I find 15 minutes to be a very poor result

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36156&p=370891&hili ... n1#p370903

[peter]

Hi Mike!

now for the big test:
[d]8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1; bm Nf6

Here is Shredder13 on a 2x2Ghz CPU at 4 threads and 2G hash, no tbs.

332: Van Breukelen,G - Plaskett's,P, 1970 CCC 2015+2017
8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Shredder 13 x64:

1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kg7 4.Qd7+ Kh8 5.Qc8+ Kh7
+- (3.16 ++) Depth: 7/17 00:00:00 2kN
...
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kf5 4.Bc2+ Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Nh5+ Kh2 7.Bg4
-+ (-2.31 --) Depth: 10/32 00:00:00 206kN
1.d8Q
-+ (-2.30 ++) Depth: 10/32 00:00:00 208kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2 Ba5+ 5.Ke7 Nb4 6.Nf6+ Kg6 7.Bd1
-+ (-2.28) Depth: 10/32 00:00:00 210kN
...
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nd4 5.Bd3+ Kg7 6.Kxc5 Nge6+ 7.Kc4 Nf3 8.d8Q
-+ (-2.37 --) Depth: 13/32 00:00:00 476kN
1.d8Q
-+ (-2.35 ++) Depth: 13/32 00:00:00 479kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kc8 Bc7 5.Kb7 Nb4 6.Nxe3 Bxg3 7.Kb6 Bd6 8.Nf5 Bf4 9.Kxc5
-+ (-2.27) Depth: 13/32 00:00:00 489kN
...
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Kc6 Kg6 7.Nd5 Nb4+ 8.Nxb4 cxb4 9.Kc5 h5 10.Kxb4 Be5 11.Kc4 h4 12.Bc2+
-+ (-1.89 --) Depth: 20/36 00:00:02 3248kN
1.Nf6+
-+ (-1.89 ++) Depth: 20/36 00:00:02 3460kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 c2
-+ (-1.75 ++) Depth: 20/36 00:00:02 3516kN
...
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 c2
+- (2.16 ++) Depth: 20/36 00:00:03 4040kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Qe8 Kf2 7.Qh5 Ne4+ 8.Ke5 Ng3 9.Qf3+ Ke1 10.Bc2 Ne2 11.Qxe3 Nb8 12.Qxh6 Ba3 13.Qh1+ Kd2 14.Qd1+ Ke3 15.Qd3+ Kf2 16.Ke4 Ng3+ 17.Kf4 Ne2+ 18.Kg4
+- (3.03) Depth: 20/43 00:00:04 5732kN
...
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Qe8 Kf2 7.Qh5 Ne4+ 8.Ke5 Ng3 9.Qf3+ Ke1 10.Bc2 c4 11.Qxe3+ Ne2 12.Be4
+- (5.61 --) Depth: 31/83 00:02:58 400MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Qe8 c4+
+- (5.90 ++) Depth: 31/83 00:03:03 411MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ e2 6.Bxe2+ Kxg3 7.Kc6 Kf2 8.Qd1 Nb8+ 9.Kb7 Ne6 10.Qf1+ Ke3 11.Bc4 Nd4 12.Qe1+ Kf3 13.Kxb8 h5 14.Bf7 Kf4 15.Qf2+ Kg4 16.Qg1+ Kf4 17.Bxh5 Ke5 18.Bg6 Kf6 19.Bd3 Ke7 20.Qg5+ Kd6 21.Qg6+ Kd7 22.Qh7+ Kd6 23.Bc4 Ke5 24.Qh1 Nf5 25.Qe1+ Kf4 26.Bd3
+- (5.99) Depth: 31/83 00:03:26 466MN
...
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ e2 6.Bxe2+ Kxg3 7.Kc6 Kf2 8.Qd1 Nb8+ 9.Kb7 Ne6 10.Qf1+ Ke3 11.Bc4 Nd4 12.Qe1+ Kf4 13.Qh4+ Kf3 14.Kxb8 c2 15.Qxh6 Ke4 16.Qh1+ Ke3 17.Qc1+ Ke4 18.Kb7 Ba5 19.Ka6 Bc3 20.Kb6 Bb4 21.Qh1+ Ke3 22.Qh6+ Kf3 23.Bd3 Ba5+ 24.Kb7 Be1 25.Qh3+ Kf4 26.Bxc2 Nxc2 27.Qh2+ Kf3 28.Qxc2 Bf2 29.Kc6 Bd4
+- (6.43) Depth: 33/83 00:05:02 696MN
...
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Qe8 c4+ 7.Kc6 Kf4 8.Qg8 Ne4 9.Qxc4 Nac5 10.Kd5 Ba3 11.Bc2 e2 12.Qxe2 Nf6+ 13.Kd4 Ncd7 14.Qe3+ Kg4 15.Qe6+ Kg5 16.Kxc3 Bf8 17.Qf5+ Kh4 18.Ba4 Bg7 19.Qf2+
+- (6.18 --) Depth: 34/83 00:06:11 857MN

This was one of 3 trials, each one was under 15" TTS to stay stable on it.
Probably some special code too?

[peter]

Edit time over.

Fritz 15 is rather good here too:

This time with 24 threads of 12x3GHz CPU, 4G hash (max. to be used by F15).

8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 15:

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1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb4 3.Kxc5 Ne4+ 
  -+  (-1.74)   Depth: 7   00:00:00  6kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Bc2+ Kg7 3.Nf5+ Kg6 4.Ne3+ Kf7 5.Bb3+ Kf6 
  -+  (-2.20)   Depth: 8   00:00:00  36kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Bc2+ Kg7 3.Ke7 Nb4 4.Nf5+ Kh7 5.Ne3+ Nxc2 
  -+  (-2.22)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  199kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb4 3.Kxc5 Kg6 4.Kb5 c2 5.Nxc2 
  -+  (-2.10 ++)   Depth: 10   00:00:00  341kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nb4 5.Kxc5 Kg6 6.Kb5 c2 7.Nxc2 
  -+  (-2.05)   Depth: 10   00:00:00  495kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nd8 5.Bd3+ Kg7 6.Nf5+ Kg6 
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 11   00:00:00  1035kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nd8 5.Bd3+ Kg7 6.Nf5+ Kg6 
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  1330kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nd8 5.Bd3+ Kg7 6.Kxc5 Kf7 7.Kb5 Bc7 8.Kb4 Be5 9.Ng4 
  -+  (-2.39)   Depth: 13   00:00:00  3170kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Nd8 5.Bd3+ Kg7 6.Kxc5 Kf7 7.Kd6 Nge6 8.Nf5 Bb4+ 9.Ke5 Nc5 10.Bc4+ Kf8 
  -+  (-2.43)   Depth: 14   00:00:00  3848kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 e2 5.Bxe2 Nb4 6.Ne3 
  -+  (-2.27 ++)   Depth: 14   00:00:00  4576kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Kg6 5.Nxe3 Nb4 6.Nc4 Kf6 7.Nxa5 
  -+  (-2.12 ++)   Depth: 14   00:00:01  5562kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2 c4 5.Ne3 Bd6 6.Kd7 Bxg3 7.Bxc4 Nb4 8.Nc2 
  -+  (-2.00)   Depth: 14   00:00:01  6397kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2[] Ba5+ 5.Kd7 Nb4 6.Ne3[] Kg6 7.Kd6 Kg5 8.Bd1 Bb6 9.Nc2 Nd3 10.Kd5 Bc7 
  -+  (-1.98)   Depth: 15   00:00:01  6836kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Bc2+ Kg7 6.Nxe3 Bxg3 7.Nf5+ 
  -+  (-1.90)   Depth: 16   00:00:01  11338kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Bc2+ Kg7 6.Nxe3 Bxg3 7.Nf5+ 
  -+  (-1.90)   Depth: 17   00:00:01  11339kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2[] c4 5.Bxc4 Ba5+ 6.Ke7 Nc5 7.Ne3 Bc7 8.Kf6 Bxg3 9.Be2 Bf4 10.Nc2[] Bb8 11.Ne3 Ne4+ 12.Ke6 Nf2 13.Kd5 Kg6 14.Nc2 Kf6 15.Kd4 Be5+ 16.Ke3 
  -+  (-1.98)   Depth: 18   00:00:02  26040kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8[] 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2[] c4 5.Bxc4 Ba5+ 6.Ke7 Nc5 7.Ne3 Bc7 8.Kf6 Bxg3 9.Be2 Bf4 10.Nc2[] Bb8 11.Ne3 Ne4+ 12.Ke6 Nf2 13.Kd5 Kg6 14.Nc2 Kf6 15.Kd4 Be5+ 16.Ke3 
  -+  (-1.98)   Depth: 19   00:00:02  29318kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8[] 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2[] c4 5.Bxc4 Ba5+ 6.Ke7 Nc5 7.Ne3 Bc7 8.Kf6 Bxg3 9.Be2 Bf4 10.Nc2 Bb8 11.Kf7 Bc7 12.Bg4[] Bd8 13.Bf5+[] Kh8 14.Nd4[] h5 
  -+  (-1.98)   Depth: 20   00:00:04  47701kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Bc2+ Kg8 6.Nxe3 Bxg3 7.Nd5 Nb8+ 8.Kc8 Be5 9.Nxc3 Kg7 10.Nd5 h5 11.Ne3 Kf6 12.Kb7 Kg5 13.Nc4 Bf4 14.Nd2 h4 15.Ne4+ Kg4 16.Nxc5 
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 21   00:00:07  88569kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Bc2+ Kg8 6.Nxe3 Bxg3 7.Nd5 Nb8+ 8.Kc8 Be5 9.Nxc3 Kg7 10.Nd5 h5 11.Ne3 Kf6 12.Kb7 Kg5 13.Nc4 Bf4 14.Nd2 h4 15.Ne4+ Kg4 16.Nxc5 
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 22   00:00:07  91663kN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Bc2+ Kg7 8.Kc6 h5 9.Kb5 Nb8 10.Kxc5 h4 11.Kc4 h3 12.Nxc3 Kh6 13.Ne2 h2 14.Be4 Kg5 15.Kd3 Bd6 16.Bh1 
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 23   00:00:10  136MN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Bc2+ Kg7 8.Kc6 h5 9.Kb5 Nb8 10.Kxc5 h4 11.Kc4 h3 12.Nxc3 Kh6 13.Ne2 h2 14.Be4 Kg5 15.Kd3 Bd6 16.Bh1 
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 24   00:00:13  190MN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8[] 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Bc2+ Kg7 8.Kc6 Bd4 9.Kb6 Nb8 10.Kc7 Be5+ 11.Kb6 h5 12.Kxc5 h4 13.Kc4 h3 14.Nxc3 Kh6 15.Ne2 h2 16.Be4 
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 25   00:00:20  279MN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8[] 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Bc2+ Kg7 8.Kc6 Bd4 9.Kb6 Nb4 10.Nxb4 cxb4+ 11.Kb5 h5 12.Kxb4 h4 13.Kb3 h3 14.Be4 h2 15.Kc2 Kf6 16.Bh1 
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 26   00:00:30  425MN
1.d8Q Nf7+[] 2.Kd7 Nxd8[] 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Bc2+ Kg7 8.Kc6 Bd4 9.Kb6 Nb4 10.Nxb4 cxb4+ 11.Kb5 h5 12.Kxb4 h4 13.Kb3 h3 14.Be4 h2 15.Kc2 Kf6 16.Bh1 
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 27   00:00:51  720MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7[] 2.Nh5+ 
  -+  (-2.12 ++)   Depth: 27   00:01:10  979MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7[] 2.Nh5+ 
  -+  (-1.97 ++)   Depth: 27   00:01:11  989MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7[] 2.Nh5+ 
  -/+  (-1.57 ++)   Depth: 27   00:01:13  1015MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7[] 2.Nh5+ 
  -/+  (-0.77 ++)   Depth: 27   00:01:18  1082MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ 
  +/-  (0.83 ++)   Depth: 27   00:01:29  1251MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Bd1+ Kxg3 6.Qe8 c4+ 7.Kc6[] Bc5 8.Qe5+ Kg2 9.Qxc3 Nb4+ 10.Kb5 Nd3 11.Qc2+ Kg3 12.Qe2 Nf2 13.Kxc5[] Nxd1[] 14.Kxc4 Nf3 15.Qxd1[] Kf2[] 16.Kd3[] 
  +-  (4.03 ++)   Depth: 27   00:04:43  4367MN

Again 3 times tried, shown one had the longest TTS.

And then we have Sting of course, still under 3 minutes at same hardware to stay stable on solution, 8G hash (max. to be used). This one was a single try.

Sting is at once on the author's more beautiful but yet much shorter solution up to the first 4 moves, even if 5.Kd5 doesn't really work, so for somewhat wrong reasons still, then leaving 1.Nf6+ , taking some more time to see 5.Ke6 after 4...Kf7+ and 4...Kg4 losing too at the longer but not so beautiful line.


8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Sting 10.1 based on Stockfish 2.1.1 64bit:

Code: Select all

1.Nf6+ 
  +/-  (1.45 ++)   Depth: 7   00:00:03  2kN
1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kf5 4.Kd5 
  +-  (1.83 ++)   Depth: 7   00:00:03  2kN
1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kf5 4.Kd5 
  +-  (1.83 ++)   Depth: 7   00:00:03  3kN
1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kf5 4.Kd5 
  +-  (2.10 ++)   Depth: 7   00:00:03  3kN
1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kg7 4.Qe7+ 
  +-  (2.14)   Depth: 7   00:00:03  3kN
1.Nf6+ 
  +-  (2.26 ++)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  5kN
1.Nf6+ Kg6 2.Bh5+ Kxf6 3.d8Q+ Kg7 4.Qe7+ Kg8 5.Kd5 
  +-  (1.92 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  6kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kg7 4.d8Q Nf7+ 
  +-  (1.81 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  7kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kg7 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Kd5 Nxd8 
  +/-  (1.50 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  8kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kg7 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Kd5 Nxd8 
  +/-  (1.15 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  9kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kg7 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Kd5 Nxd8 
  +/=  (0.53 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  12kN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Nf4+ Kf5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Kd5 Nxd8 
  =/+  (-0.37 --)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  16kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Bc2+ Kg7 3.Ke7 Nb4 4.Nf5+ Kg6 
  -+  (-1.65)   Depth: 8   00:00:03  41kN
1.Nxe3 
  -/+  (-1.53 ++)   Depth: 9   00:00:03  53kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb4 3.Kxc5 Kg6 4.Kb5 c2 5.Nxc2 Nxc2 6.Kxa5 Nf7 
  -/+  (-1.41 ++)   Depth: 9   00:00:03  54kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 c4 3.Bxc4 Nb4 4.Nc2 Kg6 5.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 
  -/+  (-1.37)   Depth: 9   00:00:03  69kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 
  -/+  (-1.49 --)   Depth: 10   00:00:04  121kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 c4 3.Kd5 Nb8 4.Bg4 Kg7 5.Kxc4 Ne4 6.Nc2 Nxd7 
  -/+  (-1.53)   Depth: 10   00:00:04  140kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 
  -+  (-1.65 --)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  211kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg7 4.Nf5+ Kf6 5.Nxh6 Nxd7 6.Kxd7 Ke5 
  -+  (-1.77 --)   Depth: 11   00:00:04  273kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Nc4 Nf7+ 5.Kd5 Nxd7 6.Nxa5 Nfe5 7.Bc2 Kf7 8.Bd3 
  -+  (-1.95 --)   Depth: 11   00:00:05  340kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 5.Kxc5 c2 6.Nxc2 Ke7 7.Kb5 Bd8 8.Nd4 
  -+  (-2.10)   Depth: 11   00:00:05  445kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 5.g4 Kf6 6.Nd5+ Kg7 7.Ne3 Nxd7 8.Bxd7 Ne4+ 9.Ke5 Nf6 
  -+  (-2.18)   Depth: 12   00:00:06  680kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ 
  -+  (-2.18)   Depth: 13   00:00:07  851kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 
  -+  (-2.18)   Depth: 14   00:00:08  1176kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 
  -+  (-2.18)   Depth: 15   00:00:09  1742kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 
  -+  (-2.26 --)   Depth: 16   00:00:11  2508kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 
  -+  (-2.34 --)   Depth: 16   00:00:11  3051kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 5.g4 Kf6 6.Nd5+ Kg7 7.Ne3 Nf7+ 8.Kxc5 Ne5 9.Kb5 Bd8 10.Bc2 Nbxd7 11.Nf5+ Kg6 12.Ne3+ Kg5 13.Nf5 
  -+  (-2.46 --)   Depth: 16   00:00:12  3796kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 5.g4 Kf6 6.Nd5+ Kg7 7.Ne3 Nf7+ 8.Kxc5 Ne5 9.Kb5 Bd8 10.Bc2 Nbxd7 11.Nf5+ Kg6 12.Ne3+ Kg5 13.Nf5 
  -+  (-2.64 --)   Depth: 16   00:00:14  5704kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Bd3+ Kg8 4.Bf5 Kf7 5.g4 Kf6 6.Nd5+ Kg7 7.Ne3 Nf7+ 8.Kd5 Bd8 9.Ke6 Na6 10.Kd5 Kf6 11.Kc4 Nd6+ 12.Kxc3 
  -+  (-2.54)   Depth: 16   00:00:14  5942kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 
  -+  (-2.66 --)   Depth: 17   00:00:16  7535kN
1.Nxe3 Ba5 2.Be2 Nb8 3.Ke7 Bc7 4.Bb5 Nxd7 5.Kxd7 Bxg3 6.Bd3+ Kg8 7.Kc6 
  -+  (-2.42 ++)   Depth: 17   00:00:17  8527kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2 c4 5.Bxc4 Nc5 6.Ne3 Ba5+ 7.Ke7 Bc7 8.Kf6 Bxg3 9.Be2 Ne4+ 
  -+  (-2.42)   Depth: 17   00:00:18  10613kN
1.d8Q 
  -+  (-2.30 ++)   Depth: 18   00:00:19  11681kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2 Ba5+ 5.Kd7 Nb4 6.Ne3 Kg6 7.Kd6 Bb6 8.Bd1 Ba7 9.Nc2 Nd3 10.Be2 Bb8+ 11.Kd5 Nb4+ 
  -+  (-2.42)   Depth: 18   00:00:22  12948kN
1.d8Q 
  -+  (-2.34 ++)   Depth: 19   00:00:22  13955kN
1.d8Q 
  -+  (-2.26 ++)   Depth: 19   00:00:23  14416kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 e2 4.Bxe2 Ba5+ 5.Kd7 Nb4 6.Ne3 Bb6 7.Bd1 c4 8.Nc2 Nd3 9.Kc6 Bf2 10.Kb5 Nb2 11.Bf3 Bxg3 
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 19   00:00:25  15503kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.38 --)   Depth: 20   00:00:29  18919kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Kc6 h5 8.Kb5 h4 9.Kxa6 h3 10.Bc2+ Kh6 11.Kb5 h2 12.Kxc5 h1Q 13.Kb5 Qxd5+ 14.Kb6 Kg5 15.Bd3 Qxd3 16.Kc6 Kh6 
  -+  (-2.50 --)   Depth: 20   00:00:32  21111kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 c4 10.Be2 Nd3 11.Bf1 Bf4 12.Kd5 Ne5 13.Ng5+ Kh6 14.Nh3 Bg3 15.Bxc4 
  -+  (-2.34)   Depth: 20   00:00:34  23119kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.46 --)   Depth: 21   00:00:38  26031kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 c4 10.Be2 h3 11.Nxg3 c3 12.Ne4 c2 13.Bf3 c1Q 14.Kf5 h2 15.Kg4 h1Q 16.Bxh1 Qxh1 17.Kf5 Kg7 18.Kg4 
  -+  (-2.58 --)   Depth: 21   00:00:41  28703kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 Be1 10.Nxc5 h3 11.Bf3 h2 12.Kf5 Bf2 13.Ne6 Kh6 14.Ke4 Bg3 15.Bh1 Kh5 
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 21   00:00:43  29765kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.38 --)   Depth: 22   00:00:47  34876kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 c4 10.Be2 Nd3 11.Kf5 Kg7 12.Kg4 Ne5+ 13.Kf5 Bh2 14.Kg5 h3 15.Kf5 
  -+  (-2.22)   Depth: 22   00:00:49  37882kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.30 --)   Depth: 23   00:00:54  41750kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.38 --)   Depth: 23   00:00:58  43817kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 Kg6 
  -+  (-2.50 --)   Depth: 23   00:01:02  47443kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 Kg6 10.Ba4 c4 11.Be8+ Kh6 12.Bb5 Be1 13.Bxc4 h3 14.Nf6 Kg5 15.Ne4+ Kf4 16.Kd6 Kxe4 17.Ke6 Ke3 18.Kd6 Kd4 
  -+  (-2.68 --)   Depth: 23   00:01:08  57197kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 h5 7.Nxc3 h4 8.Ne4 Nb4 9.Ke6 c4 10.Be2 Nd3 11.Bg4 
  -+  (-2.38)   Depth: 23   00:01:10  61154kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.50 --)   Depth: 24   00:01:19  71398kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Bc2+ Kh8 7.Nd5 Nb4 8.Nxb4 cxb4 9.Kc6 h5 10.Kb5 Bd6 11.Kc4 h4 12.Kd3 Kg7 13.Kc4 h3 14.Kd3 h2 15.Kc4 h1Q 16.Kd3 Kg6 17.Kc4+ Kg5 
  -+  (-2.62 --)   Depth: 24   00:01:24  82873kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Ke6 Bd4 8.Kf7 Nb4 9.Nxb4 cxb4 10.Bc2+ Kh8 11.Kg6 Kg8 12.Kxh6 Kf7 13.Kg5 Ke6 14.Kf4 Kd5 15.Bb3+ Kd6 16.Ke4 Kc5 
  -+  (-2.46)   Depth: 24   00:01:26  87122kN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 
  -+  (-2.58 --)   Depth: 25   00:01:34  101MN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Ke6 Bd4 8.Kf7 Nb4 9.Nxb4 cxb4 10.Bc2+ Kh8 11.Kg6 Be3 12.Bb3 Bc1 13.Kf5 h5 14.Kg6 Bd2 15.Kxh5 Kg7 16.Kg4 Kf6 17.Kf3 Ke5 18.Ke2 Kd4 19.Kf3 Kd3 20.Kg2 c2 21.Kf3 
  -+  (-2.70 --)   Depth: 25   00:01:41  118MN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Ke6 Bd4 8.Kf7 Nb4 9.Nxb4 cxb4 10.Bc2+ Kh8 11.Kg6 Be3 12.Bb3 Bc1 13.Kf5 h5 14.Kg6 h4 15.Kf5 Kg7 16.Kg4 Kf6 17.Kxh4 Kf5 18.Kh3 Ke4 19.Kg4 Kd3 
  -+  (-2.88 --)   Depth: 25   00:01:51  140MN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Nd5 Be5 7.Ke6 Bd4 8.Kf7 Nb4 9.Nxb4 cxb4 10.Bc2+ Kh8 11.Kg6 Be3 12.Bb3 Bc1 13.Bc4 Bg5 14.Bb3 Be3 15.Ba4 Kg8 16.Bb3+ 
  -+  (-2.98)   Depth: 25   00:02:02  182MN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Kc6 Kg6 7.Kb6 Nb8 8.Nd5 Be5 9.Kxc5 h5 10.Kc4 h4 11.Nxc3 Bxc3 12.Kxc3 h3 13.Kd3 h2 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.Ke3 Ne5 16.Be4+ Kg5 17.Bh1 Kg4 18.Kf2 Kf4 
  -+  (-3.03)   Depth: 26   00:02:21  297MN
1.d8Q 
  -+  (-2.90 ++)   Depth: 27   00:02:25  307MN
1.d8Q Nf7+ 2.Ke7 Nxd8 3.Kxd8 Ba5+ 4.Kd7 Bc7 5.Nxe3 Bxg3 6.Kc6 Kg6 7.Kb6 Nb8 8.Nd5 Be5 9.Kxc5 h5 10.Kc4 h4 11.Nxc3 Bxc3 12.Kxc3 h3 13.Kd3 h2 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.Ke4 Kg5 16.Ke3 Kh4 17.Bc6 
  -+  (-2.90)   Depth: 27   00:02:35  327MN
1.Nf6+ 
  -+  (-2.78 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:48  400MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 
  -+  (-2.66 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:49  404MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bd2 
  -+  (-2.48 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:51  407MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bd2 16.Bc2 Bc3 
  -+  (-2.21 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:52  412MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bd2 16.Bc2 Bc3 17.Bd3 Bd2 
  -+  (-1.80 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:53  418MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bd2 16.Bc2 Bc3 17.Bd3 Bd2 
  -/+  (-1.19 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:55  425MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bd2 16.Bc2 Bc3 17.Bd3 Bd2 
  =  (-0.27 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:56  435MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Na6 
  +/-  (1.09 ++)   Depth: 28   00:02:58  451MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 7.Be4 e1N 8.Bd5 c2 9.Bc4 c1N 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 Nb3 13.Bxb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Nb5 
  +-  (3.14 ++)   Depth: 28   00:03:01  479MN
1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Kg4 5.Qe8 c4+ 6.Kc6 Ba3 7.Qxe3 Nb4+ 8.Kb7 Nxc2 9.Qxc3 Nf3 10.Qxc2 Kxg3 11.Qg6+ Kf2 12.Qb6+ Kg3 13.Qc7+ Kf2 14.Qxc4 Bd6 15.Qc1 Be5 16.Qxh6 Nd4 17.Qc1 Kf3 18.Qc5 
  +-  (4.20)   Depth: 28   00:03:20  653MN

[Paloma]

Upps, two B-Kings in the first dia?

@ Peter: What is TTS intended ? T ime T o S...? Maybe i'm stupid.

[peter]

@ Peter: What is TTS intended ? T ime T o S...? Maybe i'm stupid.

Time to solution, the stupid one is rather me using such abbrevations.

[Andrew]

Uri, have you tried it on a recent version of Komodo or any other of the top few engines?
You won't see this result.

I suspect it was just luck or due to engine parameters which make it better for some positions but worse
for 100s of others.

Engines in your thread which find this quick would be many 100s of elo weaker than the top engines.
McBrain is within a few 10s elo of the top engines, so having this and solving hard problems is
impressive!

Andrew

[Paloma]

@ Peter: What is TTS intended ? T ime T o S...? Maybe i'm stupid.

Time to solution, the stupid one is rather me using such abbrevations.

Ok, but I'm not really awake yet.