increase two positions' mate score from 23 #115
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This PR proposes to raise the
bm
value for two positions from 23 to 34 and 36, respectively.The positions are very similar, and have been discussed in detail in #52.
The general view is that the puzzle setters have made some mistake, somewhere.
For the first position (
8/p7/qb5p/p7/p6p/7p/2P1P2k/2Q2K2 w - -
), I have done a local analysis with Huntsman to give:For the second position (
8/p7/qb5p/p6p/p7/7p/2P1P2k/2Q2K2 w - -
), @Yery noticed in #52 (comment) that white can force this sequence of moves:c1f4 h2h1 f4e4 h1h2 e4e5 h2h1 e5d5 h1h2 d5d6 h2h1 d6c6 h1h2 c2c4
. From the resulting position (8/p7/qbQ4p/p6p/p1P5/7p/4P2k/5K2 b - c3 0 7
) I have done a local analysis with Stockfish to give:and so in total a M36 PV as follows:
Both of my local analyses confirm results also found by @Yery.
We cannot be 100 percent sure that these are indeed the shortest possible mates. But I would suggest to merge this now, and leave possible improvements for later.