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Subject: Re: One mate to solve (Chest result)

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 14:49:52 07/29/01

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On July 29, 2001 at 15:44:57, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 29, 2001 at 15:29:36, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>
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>>Ha!  According to Chest this is a mate in 8 :-)
>
>I understand that there is only one solution
>Am I right?

Yes, you are right.  Sorry for not stating it explicitly.
Chest always computes all key moves (even when producing EPD),
and I therefore give all PVs by default.

>Note that I did not give chessmaster more than 15 minutes so I am not going to
>be surprised if chessmaster6000 can solve it faster.

I agree.

>I expect chessmaster to solve it faster if it is not a null move problem and I
>do not believe that it can be a null move problem with so many pieces on the
>board but I am not going to give chessmaster many hours to calculate this
>position.

I also do not expect any null move problem to appear here, although there
are some relatively quiet moves involved.  The board is just too crowded.
And CM found a mate in 9... that is good enough.

Cheers,
Heiner




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