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Subject: Re: Worlds toughest mate in 4

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 16:23:44 10/16/03

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On October 16, 2003 at 18:50:32, William Kerr wrote:

>
>Worlds toughest until someone finds a tougher one.
>
>After timing engines solving many mates in four, this one was by far the
>toughest.
>
>[D] 8/3p1p2/5Ppp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - bm Nc3;id #1097 mate in 4
>very-very tough;
>
>This is a composed mate in 4 problem from Benko's Baffler's #1097.
>
>Most engines take a very long time to find the mate in 4.

Most engines were not designed to solve mate problem.
They may use null move pruning that prevent them to see the solution or they do
not care about the fastest mate and finding one mate is enough for them.

If the target is to find thoughest mate then you need to test only programs that
were designed to find mates like chest or special mate solvers in other
programs.

Uri



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