Author: Helmut Conrady
Date: 11:25:51 06/04/02
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On June 04, 2002 at 12:56:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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"... Of course. But I thought this would be interesting, too... > >I can't imagine any human saying "mate in 142" whether in a game, in >analysis, or whatever... BTW: The longest COMPOSED problem is a mate in 271!! Helmut
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