Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:06:47 07/10/03
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On July 10, 2003 at 22:59:46, Helmut Conrady wrote: >On July 10, 2003 at 22:24:23, steven blincoe wrote: > >> >>WHITE:KF8,PG6,RH1 >>BLACK:Kh8,Bg8,PG7,PH7 >> >>white to move and Mate in 2 >> >>why is this problem famous? > >1st try: Because you posted it here? :) > >2nd try: It was the first problem ever to solved by a computer (around 1953 >IIRC). Solution time must have been a couple of minutes. > >Helmut I believe that a lot of programs can fail there because of null move problem. I do not think that your second guess is correct because mate in 1 problem probably was solved earlier by a computer. Uri
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