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

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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