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Subject: Re: Incidentally *cough* 'for those who like to solve a checkmate...'

Author: Paul

Date: 02:09:29 04/29/01

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On April 28, 2001 at 18:53:11, Dann Corbit wrote:

>[D]k7/8/2p1p3/1pR2p2/3N4/1p1B1p2/1Rp1p3/4K3 w - - bm Rxc6; pv Rxc6 f2+ Kxe2 e5
>Rxb3 e4 Nxb5 exd3+ Kxf2 Kb7 Nd4+ Ka7 Rc4 Ka6 Ra4#;
>
>How long does it take your program to find this mate in 8?

Hi Dann,

Nice position ... depending on what I switch on/off (nullmove is a real killer
here :)), I get various answers from 1:25 and up:

01:25 WM8 11 Rxb3 e5 Nxc6 Kb7 Nd8+ Ka7 Rbxb5 c1=Q+ Rxc1 f2+ Kxe2 f1=Q+ Rxf1 e4
Ra1#

bye,
Paul



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