Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:59:21 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! > >This problem created 145 years ago by Samuel Lloyd when he was not yet 16 years >of age, is still considered one of the most famous problems in chess history. > >http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzzle9/puzz9-6a.htm > >The solution can be found at this link. > >http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzzle9/games/p9_6.htm > >Regards, > Terry McCracken Sorry, but if you check the +EPD+ posted for the position, there is _no_ castling possible. Which means this is a simple mate in 4 and the EGTB results are perfect.
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