Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 06:56:21 05/31/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 09:52:58, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 31, 2002 at 09:44:41, Les Fernandez wrote: > >>On May 31, 2002 at 07:05:46, Heiner Marxen wrote: >> >>>On May 31, 2002 at 02:44:52, Les Fernandez wrote: >>> >>>>I am interested in having someone with descent hardware and perhaps the 5 piece >>>>egtb run these 6 positions and check them for mates. I think the mate should be >>>>around 8. I am interested in seeing the ce value, ply depth and the time it >>>>took to find it. Thanks. >>>> >>>>rnb2r1k/3q4/2p1p1Q1/pp2NpP1/3P4/b2B2P1/1PPBK3/R7 b - - >>>>rnb2r1k/8/2p1p1Q1/pp2NpP1/3P4/b2B2P1/1PPBK3/R6q b - - >>>>rnb2r1k/8/2p1p1Q1/pp2NpP1/3P4/b2B2P1/qPPBK3/R7 b - - >>>>r7/1ppbk3/B2b2p1/3p4/PP2nPp1/2P1P1q1/3Q4/RNB2R1K w - - >>>>r6Q/1ppbk3/B2b2p1/3p4/PP2nPp1/2P1P1q1/8/RNB2R1K w - - >>>>r7/Qppbk3/B2b2p1/3p4/PP2nPp1/2P1P1q1/8/RNB2R1K w - - >>> >>>According to Chest none of the above contains a (forced) mate in 8. >> >>Hi Heiner, >> >>Ok well maybe I did not make myself clear but I believe the mate will be less >>then 8, in fact may be closer to 4. I do not have the exact number in fact I am >>not even sure it exists but I think it does. >> >>Thanks >> >>Les > > >Chest checks for shortest mate first so if Heiner say there is not mate in 8 >that it means that there is also no shorter mate. > >I also believe that the only mate that may be in the positions that you post may >be mate against the side to move and not mate for the side to move. > >The side to move is not the attacker in the position that you posted. > >I am not sure that the side to move is losing but if the side to move is winning >then it is a long game. > >Uri It's quite clear here that the side to move is the side who will be mated !
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