Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:31:07 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 12:49:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 09, 2002 at 05:03:19, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>This is a mate in 98 using all 5 man Namilov bases! I used Hiarcs 7.32 but Tiger >>14.0 says mate in 97 because i believe it announces the number to mate after it >>made it's first move of the solution! >> >>N6k/7p/8/8/8/8/8/K6N w - - 0 1 >> >>For those who can't read the FEN here is the ASCII position. (White to move) >>wKa1,Na8,Nh1/bKh8,Ph7 >> >>PS. I'am interested to know what the longest distance to mate is in a 5 man >>position just for curious reasons. >> >>Best regards, >>Terry > > >I don't remember the positions, but Crafty once announced a mate in 103 on >ICC in a KNN vs KP ending, and Ferret beat that with a mate in 104 announcement >in the same kind of ending... I doubt if they can win against correct defence. The position may be drawn by the 50 move rule and a draw like this already happened in comp-comp games. Crafty should never announce mate in 103 based on existing tablebases and a score of mate in 103 should be translated to some material advantage based on the estimated probability to win. Uri
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