Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:26:53 01/31/01
Go up one level in this thread
On January 31, 2001 at 17:24:36, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 31, 2001 at 16:17:39, Paul wrote: > >>On January 31, 2001 at 16:11:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2001 at 15:17:38, Paul wrote: >>> >>>>On January 31, 2001 at 13:28:30, leonid wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi! >>>>> >>>>>If you like to solve forced mate, here is the position. >>>>> >>>>>[D]2Q1N1qq/rQ2NPnP/r3qpqk/1Rb1n1qp/3N1nb1/1q1Q1B1R/2QB4/2R1K2R w - - >>>>> >>>>>Please indicate your result... even if your program failed. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks, >>>>>Leonid. >>>> >>>>Hi 2u2! >>>> >>>>I found about the same as Dann, a mate in 12, slightly different line tho: >>>> >>>>00:49 WM12 08 1. hxg8=N+ Qxg8 2. Nxg8+ Kh7 3. Nexf6+ Qexf6 4. Nxf6+ Qxf6 5. Qg8+ >>>>Kh6 6. Qxg6+ Nxg6 7. Rxh5+ Bxh5 8. Qxg6+ Qxg6 9. Bxf4+ Qg5 10. Nf5+ Kg6 11. >>>>Qxg7+ Kxf5 12. Qe4x >>>> >>>>It sure looks nice, and the knight promotion at the start is a great finishing >>>>touch! :) >>>> >>>>The next famous position is from the game Lasker,E - Thomas, don't know the >>>>exact year, but it must have been in the first half of the previous century: >>>> >>>>[D]rn3rk1/pbppq1pp/1p2pb2/4N2Q/3PN3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - >>>> >>>>White to mate in 7 moves. The KQ at the end of the line means that White can >>>>still castle to both sides. Hope it isn't too easy! >>>> >>>>Groetjes, >>>>Paul >>> >>> >>> >>>This is one is solved almost instantly by most top programs. >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>And what's even funnier ... also by my program ;) >> >>Paul > > > >Congratulations. That's good, but don't make the mistake to focus too much on >solving problems or test suites. On the other hand, I have become very curious about his program. It seems to always do incredibly well on mate finding and problem solving. The same is true of Little Goliath, and either LG or Crafty is the strongest free program in the world. I suspect his program will do very well if it is ever released. Or it might be another Ferret to tease us forever. ;-)
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.