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Subject: Re: Shortest mate?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 08:17:31 05/21/05

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On May 21, 2005 at 11:11:14, F. Huber wrote:

>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.

Thanks Franz

I was curious if any engine was smart enough, that's why i asked. It looks like
a simple position with only a few pieces, and engines are supposed to be smart.
:-)

I tried ChestUCI but ChestUCI has so many options, i was unable to find the
correct option to use. :-)




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