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Subject: Re: another mate-in-16 from the archives...

Author: F. Huber

Date: 11:49:38 03/30/05

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On March 30, 2005 at 14:10:26, Tony Werten wrote:

>On March 30, 2005 at 09:18:13, F. Huber wrote:
>
>>On March 30, 2005 at 06:50:39, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On March 30, 2005 at 06:47:25, F. Huber wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 30, 2005 at 06:21:02, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>8/8/8/2p5/R1P5/P5p1/P3K1p1/6k1 w - - bm #16; 00:00 @ C0/R0/K3/P1/X2;
>>>>>
>>>>>this 00:00 is misleading - actually it takes 00:45 in my P2400 to solution
>>>>>
>>>>>Jouni
>>>>
>>>>Sorry, but also your 00:45 is misleading! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>It depends on what settings you´ve made _before_ starting the automatic mode -
>>>>if you look at the position, it´s clear that ´ChecksOnly´ and ´Threats´ can
>>>>be switched OFF, and if you set ´SearchOrder=XPK´ (which is faster mostly),
>>>>then you get the following:
>>>
>>>If you set pv=1.Ra7 Kh1 2.Rh7+ Kg1 3.Kd2 Kf1 4.Rf7+ Kg1 5.a4 Kh1 6.Rh7+ Kg1 7.a5
>>>Kf1 8.Rf7+ Kg1 9.a6 Kh1 10.Rh7+ Kg1 11.a7 Kf1 12.Rf7+ Kg1 13.a8Q Kh2 14.Qh8+ Kg1
>>>15.Qa1+ Kh2 16.Rh7#, you can save the engine even more work.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>WOW, that´s really an absolut intelligent answer! :-(
>>
>>If _you_ already _know_ the solution for this #16, you could not only save
>>the engine a lot of work, but even yourself ...
>
>You don't seem to grasp the concept of sarcasm. You must be either Uri or
>German.
>
>Tony

No, I´m neither Uri nor a German (but quite near from Austria),
and I _do_ know what sarcasm means. But it would have been much clearer with
a little smilie ";-)" at the end of your ´hint´ - you know those smilies? ;-)

Franz.



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