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Subject: Re: No mate in 16

Author: Olaf Jenkner

Date: 08:36:44 03/09/02

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>>After 4,5 hours (PII 333MHz, 88 MB hash) Gustav says "no mate in 16".
>>It is possible to reach mate in 19 with brute force
>>
>>OJe
>
>If this is really "brute force", i.e. with unrestricted white moves,
>then Gustav shows a very impressive performance, here.
>It still extrapolates to 25 days, but that appears to be much more accessible.
>
>Do you do any special "tricks" or heuristics to speed up positions
>like this one?
>
>Cheers,
>Heiner

This is really "brute force", i.e. with unrestricted white moves.
The program must avoid that the black rook leaves the 8th rank.
I.E. 1.Kf4 Rb8 2.Ke5 Rb5+ 3.Ke4 Rb4?? 4.feQ!
Perhaps Chest gives white the opportunity to promote. Gustav can
not avoid this every time but mostly.

OJe



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