Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 22:01:17 03/01/06
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On March 02, 2006 at 00:26:08, Charles Roberson wrote: > > Came across this position by accident browsing chess club web sites. > It comes from the Duke University Chess Club. The position is > 1r5k/4NP1b/7K/8/6R1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 > > Telepath found the mate in 4 but could not find the mate in 3. > After some debugging I found out why!!! > > Just before the final ply in the mate in 3, Telepath announced insufficent > material which is true. But in this position you can mate with insufficient > material. > > It put such a smile on my face, I had to share it. > > Maybe some of you have the same logic flaw in your code. I'm glad u fixed your code. I found mate in 3 myself instantly. I've only gave it to Chessmaster 9000 and it finds it instantly as well. 1.Rg8+!..Rxg8 (1..Bxg8 2.Ng6#) 2.f7xg8Q+..Rxg8 3.Ng6# Terry
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