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Subject: Re: Interesting Position Mate in 15

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 10:21:47 01/11/00

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On January 11, 2000 at 05:52:57, blass uri wrote:

>On January 11, 2000 at 05:26:55, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On January 11, 2000 at 03:31:25, Shep wrote:
>>
>>>On January 11, 2000 at 03:11:42, m.d.hurd wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 11, 2000 at 03:07:19, m.d.hurd wrote:
>>>>Correction :
>>>>
>>>>Fritz 6 solves this in seconds and keeps announcing the mate up to where it
>>>>promotes to a knight then draws by three fold repitition.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Start position
>>>>
>>>>8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/1pprp2P/qnkbK3 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Are you sure this is mate? I don't see one, and my Hiarcs doesn't either.
>>>
>>>---
>>>Shep
>>
>>I am sure this is mate
>>all the black moves are forced(Qa2-a1-a2-a1).
>>
>>try doctor3 after h3,h4,h5,h6,h7,h8=knight and it will show you the solution.
>>
>>Hiarcs is simply blind like many programs and believes that king and knight is
>>not more than a draw without searching.
>>
>>Uri
>
>You can also use a mate solver to solve this position.
>This position is very easy for mate solvers.
>Genius3 mate solver solve it in a few seconds and I guess that chest solve it
>even faster.
>
>Uri

The Other interesting thing about the position is that if you take it to mate in
3 Fritz 6 still says 0.00.

Mike




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