Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 02:14:51 01/19/98
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On January 18, 1998 at 23:58:55, Howard Exner wrote: >On January 18, 1998 at 12:31:40, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >> 1. 0 sec (mate in 19 after 4 sec) >Do you have knowledge for this one and #9 or are they both >tablebase solutions? No special knowledge, just the combination of search and tablebases. >> 3. -?- (prefers Kd5 after 0 sec, score = +1.27) > >The point of this problem is to avoid Kc3? as Kxg6 draws.After >Kd5 you will have to follow up on how to reply to Ra5+. Kc4 in reply >to Ra5+ will again draw but Kc6 will be correct. The king has to >stay close to the white queening square after the exchange on a1. PV moves are 1.. Kd5 2. Kh6 g5 3. Ra5+ Kc6! etc. >>22. --- > >#22 shows how difficult the Louguet-2 End#9 really is. I wonder >which programs that were given credit for solving Louguet-2 would >find this? "DarkThought" never claimed to solve LCT-II #9 -- the according knowledge is still missing ... =Ernst=
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