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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