[Retros] Fastest maximummer mate

[Juha Saukkola]

Of course - you propable know me so much.


> To: juha_saukkola at hotmail.com; retros at janko.at

> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:19:08 -0500

> From: elkies at math.harvard.edu

> Subject: Re: [Retros] Fastest maximummer mate

> 

> Juha Saukkola <juha_saukkola at hotmail.com> writes:

> 

> > Somebody asked some months ago.  fastest maximummer mate:

> 

> > Juha Saukkola, Problemkiste 1997

> > rnbdk2R/ppppppp1/4N3/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP1/RnBDKBN1

> > MAXIMUMMER SPG in 6.5 moves

> 

> The second row has one too many P's; you mean

> 

>   rnbqk2R/ppppppp1/4N3/8/8/8/PPPPPPP1/RnBQKBN1

> 

> (or the same thing with Dd for Qq).  The Maximummer condition

> is restrictive enough that (going by what F.Labelle has done)

> it should be possible to find all maximummer SPG mates of at most

> 6.5 moves by exhaustive computer search; has this been done?

> 

> NDE

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