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Subject: Re: And what is shortest game from initial position?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 12:12:37 12/26/02

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On December 26, 2002 at 10:54:46, Vladimir Medvedev wrote:

>On December 25, 2002 at 23:23:48, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>[D] Q2Q2Q1/1R6/3BR3/3k3N/2RB2Q1/5R2/Q2Q2Bp/3N3K w - - 0 1
>>
>
>Another problem: find the shortest move sequence from initial position to this
>one :))
>
>I think it is not very difficult, but I don't know is there is any software for
>solving puzzles like this. Does anybody know?

Yes, that can be very difficult.
It is a special kind of retrograde analysis, called the
"shortest proof game".  See e.g. http://www.stanford.edu/~hwatheod/Retractor/
for a program.  There are others, too.

Cheers,
Heiner



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