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Subject: Re: Another chess problem; no chess programm can solve it

Author: Pete R.

Date: 09:17:34 09/18/00

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On September 17, 2000 at 14:21:04, Andreas St. wrote:

>This is the position:
>
>Another chess problem
>
>8/8/7p/3KNN1k/2p4p/8/3P2p1/8 w - - 0 1
>
>
>Its the behting position, i think from 1892.
>No Chessprogram can find the right way and not the first move.
>Some one might be know it but please dont post the right moves. I do it later.
>Everyone should think for a while. Its a creazy position. Perhaps one of the
>best ever seen? How long till a program can solve it? Never?!?
>
>Greets AS

It's a clever position, and not the kind of thing that is likely to be solved by
searching. Knowledge perhaps, but it's probably not worth adding considering how
often such a position would come up.  KQPKNN tablebase would allow programs to
see it easily though.



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