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Subject: Re: Record forced-mate announcements? ' in 142

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:56:05 06/04/02

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On June 04, 2002 at 08:43:27, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>On June 03, 2002 at 20:02:51, GuyHaworth wrote:
>
>>
>>At http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=339
>>
>>there is a report that in the 7th Round of the 2nd CSVN Computer chess
>>tournament (Leiden), 'mate in 64' was announced against Morphy.
>>
>>The question was also asked:  "is this a record?" to which we might add....
>>
>>a)  in tournaments, and/or
>>b)  in all computer-computer games
>>
>>Examples of deeper forced win announcements welcome.  I believe KNNKP has
>>occured ... and maybe KQPKQ has occured.
>>
>>g
>
>The longest mate in a human otb-play I know arose in Landau-Abrahams,
>Bournemouth 1939, with a # in 142 in this position:
>
>[D]6k1/5R2/K7/1n1nN3/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 78
>
>Helmut


I think he was looking for "the longest _announced_ mate"...

I can't imagine any human saying "mate in 142" whether in a game, in
analysis, or whatever...  That is pretty much in the computer's realm
of ability only..



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