Author: F. Huber
Date: 09:43:15 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 12:08:32, David Dahlem wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 03:51:47, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On May 21, 2005 at 10:54:12, David Dahlem wrote: >> >>>What's the shortest forced mate from this position, and can any engine find it >>>without tablebases? >>> >>>[D]2KB4/1P6/2k5/8/8/8/7b/8 w - - 0 1 >>> >>>Regards >>>Dave >> >> No engine (excluding mate searchers) will be able >> to find the mate in 27 withouth EGTB. >> Kurt > >Thanks Kurt > >Why is this so difficult for engines? White Queens the pawn on move 13, and the >rest is easy. :-) > >Regards >Dave Hi Dave, do you have an idea how many moves of the bishops (and kings) are possible within these first 13 moves (=26 plies!) ??? I´m sure you have ... ;-) Regards, Franz.
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