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Subject: Re: mate in 55?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:08:05 02/12/02

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On February 12, 2002 at 12:57:42, ramkumar wrote:

>it is a mate after 55.does your prog. shows a better move then Rd1-b1 and mate
>sooner then 55?don't use endgameTB for your engine to find out the 55 mate move.
>[D]k7/r7/8/8/8/8/3P4/3RK3 w - -
>ram

You're not likely to get a Mate declaration without tablebases.

This is what an Alpha version of Chessmaster 9000 (with tablebases,
obviously)states about the position:

Rb1 -- White Mates in 55
Ra1 -- Black Mates in 18
all other moves are DRAWN!

jm



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