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Subject: Re: One mate to solve for fittest programs.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:14:19 05/04/01

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On May 04, 2001 at 14:55:43, Paul wrote:

>On May 04, 2001 at 14:32:34, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 04, 2001 at 10:26:02, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>Had bad lack this midnight when one call came from my work. It took me 20
>>>minutes to do it but I went to my bed only at 2 o'clock. One good result from
>>>broken sleep was this position that you can try to solve. It probably will
>>>demand one sleepless night from your program, if you will insist on shortest
>>>mate.
>>>
>>>[D]RnqkqnR1/qBNbNBq1/QqQqQqQ1/BrQqQrB1/3q4/8/3Q4/3K4 w- -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>
>>How many pawns did we start with to arrive at this position?
>>;-)
>
>16? I know I'm going to regret this, but I don't see anyhing wrong at first
>glance? Not even at the second one ... :)
>
>Paul (who grabs a box of tissues to be ready to wipe the egg of his face)

Well, I'm not sure what I thought was wrong before.  I did the arithmetic and
the piece counts add up as conceivable.  Something still looks wrong to me, but
I can't put my finger on it.

However, I think it is me who needs the hand-towel.
;-)



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