Author: Michael Diosi
Date: 08:26:04 02/24/03
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On February 24, 2003 at 10:36:57, John Wentworth2 wrote: >Below is a chess problem from the 1986 fall/winter edition of Computer Chess >Reports. > >The dedicated units of the time(outlined below) were unable to solve it. I am >sure todays programs could find it quickly. > >Mephisto "S" >Avant-Garde >Expert 6.0 >Mephisto III >Forte >Quattro 4.0 >Turbostar 540+ >Par Excellence/Avant-Garde 2100 >Excellence 4.0 > >The article also mentioned they gave the problem to Garry Kasparov but it >doesn't say if he solved it. > >White to move, Mate in 10 > >8/8/4k3/2K1N1B1/5Pp1/8/2B2P1p/6n1 w > > >SOLUTION: > >1. Ba4 Kf5 2.Bd7+ Ke4 3.Be8 Kf5 4.Bg6+ Ke6 5.Bh5 Kf5 6.Bg4+ Ke4 7.Bd1 Kf5 8.Bc2+ Ke6 9.f5+ Ke5 10.f4 mate Solution by Chest CHEST Version 3.19+, 20-Oct-2002 Options = -M64 -0 -5LSUr Input file: STDIN Reading job: W: Kc5 Lc2 Lg5 Se5 Bf2 Bf4 (6) S: Ke6 Sg1 Bg4 Bh2 (4) FEN: 8/8/4k3/2K1N1B1/5Pp1/8/2B2P1p/6n1 w - - analysing (mate in 10 moves): Solution (in 10 moves): c2a4 Time (virt) = 1311.180 sec (ca. 21.9 min) c2a4 e6f5 a4d7 f5e4 d7e8 e4f5 e8g6 f5e6 g6h5 e6f5 h5g4 f5e4 g4d1 e4f5 d1c2 f5e6 f4f5 e6e5 f2f4 <snip> Alybadix might be faster here (maybe)... Michael
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