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Subject: Re: Trivial Persuit

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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