Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:59:17 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 13:55:14, Terry McCracken wrote: >On March 06, 2002 at 13:09:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 06, 2002 at 11:20:17, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>[D]8/8/8/8/8/6P1/6k1/4KR1R w >>> >>> >>>Mate in 3 >>> >>>Terry >> >> >>This is a mate in 4, not a mate in 3, as confirmed by EGTBs... > >Dr. Hyatt with all due respect, EGTBs will _not_ help you with this type >of problem. EGTBs look at it as an endgame where it's assumed the King and both >Rooks have been moved. Maybe EGTBs can be adjusted for this situation? > >Castling is the correct solution, which forces mate in 3. > >BTW CM8000 in mate mode or in normal mode will find mate in 3 instantly! > IIRC, stand-alone chess machines of about 15 years ago solved this one instantly as well. It's only 5 ply and they were not blind to the castling trick.
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