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Subject: Re: Mate in 12......Good test for engines

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 23:11:13 12/02/03

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On December 02, 2003 at 18:15:31, Art Basham wrote:

>[D]1b4k1/r4p2/5Pp1/8/8/8/8/2Q4K w - - 0 1
>
>Qc8 mates in 13, and
>Qh6 mates in 12...
>
>My Yace engine found both solutions right away ....and announced mate!
>
>This seems to be too difficult for portables becuase it takes about 13 ply to
>solve.

Pocket Fritz 2 sees mate-in-12 in about 35 seconds on Dell Axim - not bad for a
portable.



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