Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 11:11:16 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 13:59:17, Roy Eassa wrote: >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. Of course! LOL! Computers hold no prejudice! Only people and programming!;-) Terry
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