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Subject: Re: Shortest mate?

Author: F. Huber

Date: 08:24:37 05/21/05

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On May 21, 2005 at 11:17:31, David Dahlem wrote:

>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. :-)

You´re right, it really has lots of options, but the most important one is
still missing: the ´Intelligent´ mode! :-)

But I fear, you´ll have to wait for ChestUCI 10.0 for its implementation ... ;-)

Regards,
Franz.



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