Author: David Dahlem
Date: 07:32:25 07/20/02
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On July 20, 2002 at 04:12:37, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 23:07:20, allan johnson wrote: > >>On July 19, 2002 at 23:05:58, David Dahlem wrote: >> >>>On July 19, 2002 at 21:23:19, K. Burcham wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>what is the shortest "mate in x moves" position that you know of that programs >>>>have a diffcult time finding or cannot find at all? Please, not e4. >>>> >>>>will you please post the position? >>>>kburcham >>> >>>I tested some programs on this mate in 1 and some didn't see it. I don't >>>remember now which engines couldn't find it. >>>[D]5K2/8/2qk4/2nPp3/3r4/6B1/B7/3R4 w - e6 0 1 >>>Regards >>>Dave > >I think that this is not the fair way to test > >You should give programs the following position > >[D]5K2/4p3/2qk4/2nP4/3r4/6B1/B7/3R4 b - - 0 1 > >play e5 and see if they cannot see the mate in 1. > >In other case you use a bug that programs do not >support Fen correctly. > >My latest Movei still ignores the en passant in supporting Fen >so it is unfair to say that it cannot see the mate in 1. > >Uri The poster asked for a test position and that's what i posted. So whether it's fair or not is not revelant. Regards Dave
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