Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 00:47:34 01/28/06
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On January 28, 2006 at 01:33:02, Terry McCracken wrote: >On January 28, 2006 at 00:46:48, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>"I will be amazed if any general purpose program (or even most GM's) can find >>it." >> >> >>http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=83843 >> >> >>FEN: [d]2r3k1/5ppp/7r/Q7/3P1p2/1N3Pnq/PP3K1P/R5R1 b - - 0 1 >> >>Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b: >> 3 00:00 1.368 0 +4.73 1. ... Qe6 >> 3 00:00 3.752 0 +5.79 1. ... Ne4+ >> 4 00:00 7.608 0 +10.30 1. ... Ne4+ 2.Ke1 >> 5 00:00 8.568 24.371 +7.90 1. ... Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 >> 6 00:01 13.419 24.406 +M12 1. ... Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 Qf3+ 4.Ke1 >>Qxe4+ 5.Kf1 >> >>how chess programs/hardware have changed in the last 7 years! >> >>it might be a mate-in-11 - not sure > > >It's not really that hard Mike. A GM would or should see the mate. It's no more >than mate in 10 with tossing the pieces. > >1...Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qe3+ 3.Kf1 Qf3+ 4.Ke1 Rxh2 and mate after all the useless >checks;-) > > >Terry Ah, I checked your link, it's 6 years old:) It was Dann who thought this position was too tough for computers or GMs back then...oppss:) Amusing thread.
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