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Subject: Re: Mate in 38 in 1 second!!! (by next ChestUCI)

Author: F. Huber

Date: 03:38:43 01/31/04

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On January 31, 2004 at 06:30:26, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>>>
>>>chest is known as something that can prove the shortest mate so when you say
>>>mate in 38 in one second the first thought is also about proving no mate in 37.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Do I understand you right?
>>You prefer a Chest, which is _not_ able to solve such a deep mate at all
>>(of course this is impossible with brute-force!), instead of a Chest with
>>an _additional_ mate solving mode, which _can_ find such solutions
>>(although it´s not guaranteed to be the shortest one)?
>>
>>If this is the common opinion here, I see absolutely no reason to make
>>this new Chest version (with my enhancements) available to the public! :-(
>>
>>Franz.
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>
>I think you have chosen to misunderstand Uri.
>I understand him as follows:
>If a mate in 38 is found in 1 second, how long does it take to do that
>which Chest is known for (i.e. find shortest mate or confirm that current mate
>is shortest) ?

I would guess: days!

(or months, years ...  - I´m probably too old to try it ;-))

Franz.



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