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Subject: Re: One mate to solve

Author: leonid

Date: 11:45:58 05/04/02

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On May 04, 2002 at 12:33:48, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>On May 04, 2002 at 09:29:14, Rodney Topor wrote:
>
>>On May 04, 2002 at 06:18:09, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>This one should be at reach of every program:
>>>
>>>[D]bbkrNQq1/n1P1R1rQ/n1q1R3/BqpqQNQK/3rQ3/3pP3/3pP3/3qQ2B w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>MacChess 5.0.1 on a 250MHz PowerBook G3 found a mate in 8 after about 6 mins 30
>>secs.  The PV is:
>>
>>1. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 2. Rxc6+ Qxc6 3. Qe6+ Rd7 4. Qxd7+ Qcxd7 5. Nxe6+ Bxd6
>>6. Nxd6+ Qxd6 7.Qxa8+ Nb8 8. Bb7#
>>
>>Apologies if I've made a typo in transcribing this - MacChess doesn't produce
>>output in a convenient form for copying.
>>
>>Rodney
>
>Hmm, something went wrong.  According to Chest there is no mate-in-8.
>When I replay your above PV, after 1.cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 2.Rxc6+ Qxc6 3.Qe6+ Rd7
>4.Qxd7+ Qcxd7 I reach
>[D]bbkqNQq1/n2qR1rQ/n7/B1p2NQK/4Q3/3pP3/3pP3/3qQ2B w - -
>where both, e6 and d6 are empty.  If 5.Nd6+ would be meant: that is ambigous,
>and would be either Ned6+ or Nfd6+.  May be there is a typo, but since
>Chest thinks there is no mate in 8, most probably you do not have the
>correct start position.  Please double check.

Thanks, Heiner!

I just waited that somebody will verify this position to know what to do. If
some other program was able to find mate in 8, it could signify that I must
check my graphics (I did this kind of mistake few times), or look for possible
bug in my program logic.

Cheers,
Leonid.



>Cheers,
>Heiner



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