Author: Scott Schneider
Date: 19:20:48 11/09/99
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Thanks Imran et al.,
If this was discovered with the aid of heavy computer analysis within
the last 3- 5 years or so, this indeed may be the information I read.
Can you confirm this and if so please provide additional details, such as the
basic logic/strategies behind the mate, and/or refer me to appropriate
additional references which could help answer some of the questions included
in my original post about the Computer Programming Methods/Software used
in the analysis, whether any of them are readily available to the public, etc.
Also, you or others may want to refresh my memory. IS K + R vs. K/Minor Piece
generally a win i.e. can K/R combination always force the capture of the Minor
Piece and then the Mate?
Thanks again and hope to hear from you soon,
Scott
On November 09, 1999 at 19:11:32, Imran Hendley wrote:
>On November 09, 1999 at 18:17:53, Scott Schneider wrote:
>
>
>I believe you were thinking of KRB vs. KNN when you said mate could be forced in
>266 moves.
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Scott Schneider here. You may remember me from years back when I contributed an
>>"Op/Ed" Piece to Computer Chess Reports, when it still existed as conventional
>>hardcopy publication.
>>
>>I remember reading some years back that Computer simulations have proved that 2
>>Knights + King can always mate a Lone King, vaguely remember that <=266 moves
>>may be required.
>>
>>I also understood that this was not known until ChessMasters and Programmers
>>proved this on Computers very recently.
>>
>>First, is this info. basically this correct?
>>
>>Secondly, what detailed methods or analyses were used to accomplish this result?
>>Are any of these Programs/Simulations with explanations and documentation
>>available for purchase or as shareware/freeware to the ordinary end-Consumer or
>>chess enthusiast?
>>
>>When I started really getting into chess decades ago, one of the Qualifying
>>Scenarios for a draw was 50 moves without a piece being captured or a pawn
>>moved. If the King + 2 Knights Mate can require more than 250 moves, has this
>>changed any Official Tournament Rules of Chess?
>>
>>Best Regards and Thanks very much in advance for your replies,
>>
>>
>>
>>Scott Schneider, President
>>Imaginative Technology, Inc. ("Imatech")
>>813.926.4447
>>http://www.imatech.com
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