Author: Paul
Date: 18:29:19 05/05/01
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On May 05, 2001 at 20:12:25, Heiner Marxen wrote: >On May 05, 2001 at 18:41:22, Paul wrote: >Yes, I also like puzzles of that kind where logic helps. I just solved >some levels of sokoban. To those who don't share this hobby it often appears >to be quite strange... it does not serve any obvious purpose... well, >I just like to _solve_ puzzles, and enjoy the creative thinking involved. Or create a program that solves the puzzle for you ... did that many times. Will have to look up sokoban tomorrow, don't know that yet. >Hey, wait a second... while I write this answer, Chest comes up with a mate >in 7! Sorry Paul, that is unexpected for me, too. Here we go: ChestMate = PretzMate - 1; /* Told yer! :) */ >There are two key moves: exf2+ and Qaxd4 (the first two moves of your PV). >My PVs (with some more variants) look like: > >exf2+ Bxf2 Qaxd4 Be3 Nxc2+ Qbxc2 Qxe2+ Kxe2 Qfxe3+ dxe3 Qxe3+ Qxe3 Qxe3# > Nxf2 Qaxd4 Bxd3 Bxd3 Ne5 Qfxf2+ Bxf2 Qxf2+ Qxf2 Qxf2+ Rxf2 Bxf2# > Rxf2 Qaxd4 Bxd3 gxh1Q+ Qhf1 Qxf2+ Bxf2 Qxf2+ Qxf2 Bxd3+ Ne5 Bxf2# > Qxf2 Qcxd4 Qhxg2 Qxf2+ Qxf2 Bxf3+ Qe3 Qfxe3+ dxe3 Qe2# >Qaxd4 Bxd3 exf2+ Bxf2 Qxf2+ Nxf2 Bxd3 Nd4 Qxe2+ Nxe2 Qfxf2+ Rxf2 Qxf2# > Qbxd3 exf2+ Bxf2 Qxf2+ Nxf2 Bxd3 Nd4 Qxe2+ Nxe2 Qfxf2+ Rxf2 Qxf2# > dxe3 Nxf3+ Nxf3 Qxe2+ Kxe2 Qxf3+ Ke1 Qdxe3+ fxe3 Qxf1# > -*- Qcxe3+ Qxe3 Nxc2# > >Took 2.3 hours on K7/600 with 350MB hash. Reasonable time! >Haha, you are joking ;-) >OTOH, he must have quite an interesting collection by now. At some time, >he should offer us the complete collection: "Easy and very easy mates" ;-) > >And then he starts his new collection "Not so easy mates" ... <shudder>. Yes, when he gets his new machine & implements hash tables, I'm out! :) Then it's just for the matesolvers & proofnumber programs. Hmmm ... maybe I'll that sometime! >>>Groetjes, >I'm from northern Germany, and do understand most of "Platt", which is not >_that_ different... well there are some similarities. Some years ago I >spent 3 days in Utrecht, visiting another puzzle fan (Andreas Gammel), >so I have heard some Dutch myself. I dare to imagine the pronunciation >of "Groetjes" (Chhhröitjes)... does that come close? Almost ... 'roet' as in the English 'root', 'es' as in 'us' and the 'G' as in getting a sore throat ... Chhhrootjus :) So you *are* in Germany, sometimes wondered coz of your posting times. No don't look at mine ... ;) >>Venlig Hilsen, > >Now you got me.. my Dutch/German is just not handy :-( I'll look it up. Haha ... It's Danish! for Freundliche Grüße ... >Herzliche Grüße aus Berlin, >Heiner The fffffame from Amffffterdam, Paul PS: have to get me a new keyboard ... the ffff is ffffftuck! :(
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