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Subject: Re: THIS IS worlds toughest mate in 4

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 17:28:13 10/17/03

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On October 17, 2003 at 17:45:08, William Kerr wrote:

>Hi
>
>I posted the worlds toughest mate in 4 yesterday but I included the wrong epd
>string. That was a tough mate in 4 but this one is far far tougher for some
>engines. Its probably a null move issue for some engines.
>
>[D] 5R2/2K5/1pP5/4k2p/3pp3/2p4N/B4N1b/n1R1B2b w - - id BB #1217 mate in 4;
>
>
>
>Again this is from Benko's Bafflers from Chess Life magizine.
>
>Chessmaster 9000 AMD 1.7Ghz 2 sec m4
>pocketFritz 1.0  17 min m16
>GGM Capa module  43 min 25 sec
>Crafty 19.3 AMD 1.7Gh 44 min m5
>ruffian 1.0.1 P2 300 mhz 40 sec
>star diamond 1 hr & 50 sec m5
>star diamond mate in 4 level 17 sec
>yacePdb P2 300 mhz 4 min m6, 5 min m4
>fritz532 8 sec m6, 14 sec m4
>lg2000v27 greater than 10 min less than 18 min
>bringer 5 min m9
>waxman 1:08  m4 P2 300 mhz
>
>Have fun with this one.
>
>Bill

Dell Axim WM 2003 ROM 05 oc 472 Mhz Pocket Chess Genius 1.5
Mate-in-4 pv 1 min 32 sec
Mate-in 7 pv 1 min 17 sec

Dell Axim WM 2003 ROM 05 oc 472 Mhz Pocket Grandmaster 2.1 Ruffian
Not solved in 5 minutes - will test again when I have more time.

Dell Axim WM 2003 ROM 05 oc 472 Mhz Pocket Fritz 2
stopped at 6 minutes
Mate-in-6 pv 4 min 44 sec
Mate-in-9 pv 3 min 35 sec
Mate-in-12 pv 1 min 25 sec
thanks for posting the positions btw!



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