Author: David Dahlem
Date: 09:51:04 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 12:43:15, F. Huber wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 12:08:32, David Dahlem wrote: > >>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 > >Hi Dave, > >do you have an idea how many moves of the bishops (and kings) are possible >within these first 13 moves (=26 plies!) ??? > >I´m sure you have ... ;-) > >Regards, >Franz. Hi Franz I understand what you're saying, but with only 5 pieces, it seems that depth of 26 plies should be reached in a reasonable time. And to say no engine can ever do it, even if given enough time? Regards Dave
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