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Subject: Re: Steinitz-Zukertort ( Match, London, 1872) Revisited..Results Wanted

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 09:52:23 06/10/04

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On June 10, 2004 at 09:22:10, Daniel Jackson wrote:

>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?369410
>CM9K needs far too much time, and it is a mate in 15 rather than 17. My mistake.
>
>S8 mate in 18, 13 min
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?369444
>
>Shredder gets it wrong.

As long as it finds a mate, the solution is identical, from a game theoretical
standpoint.

It is a very frequent occurence for a chess playing engine to find a different
and longer mate than a chess mate finder.

The solution is not wrong.  In fact, it is optimal.  It just is not the shortest
path to the goal.

>
>Mate in 15 with Chest 3.6
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?369430
>
>Chest 3.6 gets it right!
>
>There is more than one variation, but all lead to a mate in 15.
>
>For people who have very fast hardware, could you post your results with the top
>commercial software?
>
>Thank You!
>
>Daniel



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