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Subject: Re: Shortest mate?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 09:08:32 05/22/05

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On May 22, 2005 at 03:51:47, Kurt Utzinger 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
>
>      No engine (excluding mate searchers) will be able
>      to find the mate in 27 withouth EGTB.
>      Kurt

Thanks Kurt

Why is this so difficult for engines? White Queens the pawn on move 13, and the
rest is easy. :-)

Regards
Dave



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