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Subject: Re: Does any "regular" chess program see White's win?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 15:08:56 02/12/04

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On February 12, 2004 at 14:37:30, Roy Eassa wrote:

>[d] n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - -
>1. Bc7!! Qxc8 2. gxf7+ Kh8 3. Be5 Qc5! 4. Bb2!! Nc7 5. Ba1!! a4 6. Bb2 a3
>7. Ba1 a2 8. Bb2 a1=Q 9. Bxa1 zugzwang!
>
>Besides programs specifically designed to solve mates, does any program find
>this?

I cannot find one that can see a mate from the root position.  But move Bc7 Qxc8
gxf7+, and they see the mate almost instantly.

I'll let it go for a while.  Pretty interesting.



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