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Subject: Re: A very difficult forced mate - can anybody find it?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 05:42:57 08/07/02

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On August 05, 2002 at 19:44:46, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>Very recently, Christian Bartsch showed a very interesting position in the FCP
>forum:
>
>[D] 6k1/ppb2p2/2p1rR1K/3p3p/6bP/N1PB2Pq/P4Q2/8 w - -
>
>It is from Jean Dufresne - Adolf Anderssen Berlin 1851. The only move to save
>the game is Bg6. But this moves even wins. After: 1. Bg6 Qxg3 2. Bxf7+ Kh8 3.
>Bxe6 Qxf2 4. Rxf2 Bxe6 Can any engine/mate solver see a forced mate after those
>moves?
>
>[D] 7k/ppb5/2p1b2K/3p3p/7P/N1P5/P4R2/8 w - - 0 5
>
>My engine cannot see it in reasonable time. When I analyze some variations from
>back to front, I see, that Rf8+ can announce mate in 15 (or even shorter?)

According to Chest there is no mate in 12.  That needs 10.3 hours on an
Athlon 1500+ machine, so I will not go any deeper (EBF around 8).

Perhaps after some more moves from the main line Chest can prove the rest.
Also, maybe some PN-searcher has more luck.

>Regards,
>Dieter

Cheers,
Heiner



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