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Subject: Re: Mate in 12?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 12:17:25 10/01/99

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On October 01, 1999 at 00:35:39, Hans Havermann wrote:

>I know one or two of you have some high powered mate-finders out there... Can
>someone confirm (or deny) if this is a mate in 12?
>
>1kb3q1/2pr2p1/1b1p1rB1/1Q1Ppp1p/R7/4P1P1/4NP1P/B2R2K1 w

To prove it is not a mate in 7 my program CHEST on a P/166 already
burns 27 minutes.  I estimate the time for mate in 12 to be more
than 2 years: this is clearly much beyond its capacities.
Sorry, CHEST wont be able do do that.

When you provide a PV, I could perform some moves, and try to verify
the rest (the remaining mate in 7 or 8).

Heiner



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