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Subject: Re: THIS IS worlds toughest mate in 4

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 03:32:22 10/18/03

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

>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;

My toolkit solves this in 1.78 seconds on an 800 MHz PPC:

Key: Rxc3
PV: (1. Rxc3 Nc2 2. Rg3 Bxg3 3. Ng4+ hxg4 4. Bxg3#)



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