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Subject: Re: null move position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:03:20 04/20/04

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On April 20, 2004 at 12:35:06, Janos Keinrath wrote:

>Here is a position, where you can test your engine zugzwang detection.
>[D]8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/1pprp2P/qnkbK3 w - -
>
>The solution is 1.h3 mate in 15. (1.h4? only draw)
>Crafty can't solve this after reaching depth 60.

Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality on an AMD 2500+, announces mate in 15 in two
seconds. Oddly enough, this is one of the few positions in which the Solve for
Mate feature finds the mate faster -- in one second.

jm



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