Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 06:59:58 05/31/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 09:56:21, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >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 ! Hello Uri, Let me check to make sure I am not making a mistak here with these positions and I will post my findings. Thanks, Les
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