Author: Joakim Nilsson
Date: 14:05:50 04/03/02
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On April 03, 2002 at 13:03:47, Terry McCracken wrote: >Although, easy for computers today, it still has a charm unique in chess:o) > >It takes about 15 min. to solve on the old standalone, The Mach III Master by >Fidelity Electronics. It is solved instantly on todays' hardware with top mate >finding programmes like the Chessmaster series. > > >I first came across this problem in 1981 in a newspaper. I still have the >clipping, and like it so much photocopied it!:) It is yellow and brittle >and I know it would fall apart eventually. > >More recently I viewed it again at Chessbase in their Puzzle Section, still >I'll post it here in FEN and also give the Chessbase link. > >Sam Lloyd 1861; Composed in 1858. > >Excelsior > >[D]n1rb4/1p3p1p/1p6/1R5K/8/p3p1PN/1PP1R3/N6k w - - > >http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzz03a.htm > > >Terry Takes only 2.5s for Gandalph to find the mate on an AMD 1400Mhz
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