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Subject: Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 10:34:30 02/04/04

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On February 04, 2004 at 13:07:36, Ed Trice wrote:

>I think Stiller had a DTC of 242 for one of his 6-piece endings (was it RN vs.
>NN?) and I do not recall what the longest DTM is.
>
>Also, I think with some of the 6/7 piece tablebases being built now use only DTC
>since DTM gets more difficult as you add pieces.
>
>Does anyone know what the longest DTM in chess happens to be?
>
>We now have a DTM of 269 in Gothic Chess, so I am wondering is this is the
>longest checkmate in any type of endgame database.

You might have a look at Tim Krabbé's chess diaries:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm

The one below addresses the issue you ask about, but it is from April of 2000,
so there might be some deeper ones discovered by now (although it is a 6-piece
ending).

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary_3.htm

White has a mate in 262.

[D]1N6/1RK5/5n2/8/8/8/5n2/6k1 w - - 0 1

• Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? Uri Blass 10:40:56 02/04/04
  • DTMk EGTs GuyHaworth 12:30:04 02/04/04
  • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? GuyHaworth 12:27:02 02/04/04
    • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? Ed Trice 19:58:06 02/04/04
      • Checkers EGTs GuyHaworth 13:36:03 02/05/04
    • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? Eiko Bleicher 12:42:00 02/04/04
      • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? GuyHaworth 13:20:30 02/04/04
        • Thank you. Exactly what I wanted. (nt) Eiko Bleicher 01:16:32 02/05/04
  • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? Ed Trice 11:57:39 02/04/04
    • Re: Longest Checkmate in Chess from DTM Endgames? Mike Hood 13:52:17 02/04/04

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