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Subject: Re: Shortest mate?

Author: F. Huber

Date: 08:11:14 05/21/05

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On May 21, 2005 at 10:54:12, David Dahlem wrote:

>What's the shortest forced mate from this position, and can any engine find it
>without tablebases?
>
>[D]2KB4/1P6/2k5/8/8/8/7b/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Regards
>Dave

Hi Dave,

ChestUCI says, this is a #27! ;-)

But to be serious: of course I´ve found this result in an online EGTB.

Do you really believe, that _any_ engine could find this #27 _without_
using tablebases??

Regards,
Franz.

• Re: Shortest mate? David Dahlem 08:17:31 05/21/05
  • Re: Shortest mate? F. Huber 08:24:37 05/21/05
    • Re: Shortest mate? David Dahlem 08:26:52 05/21/05
      • Re: Shortest mate? F. Huber 08:38:47 05/21/05
        • Re: Shortest mate? David Dahlem 08:47:11 05/21/05

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