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Subject: Re: Mates in 30

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 08:09:59 02/16/99

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On February 16, 1999 at 10:22:50, Steve Maughan wrote:

>The position quoted is a famous one - it can be solved with the simple heuristic
>of extending all move that give check with only one reply and extend all
>position that only have one move.  The reason the top programs do not get it is
>that they have cut off the search at some high value to limit the tree in normal
>position.  This is certainly not a normal position!
>
>Regards
>
>Steve Maughan

But that is s.th. Chessmaster is extremely strong in. Doesn't he really find the
solution?



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