Jouni wrote: ↑Wed Nov 19, 2025 3:26 pm
Generally latest version is clearly better solver than 17.1. But there are exceptions like this classic:
[d]rk6/p1r3p1/P3B1Kp/1p2B3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
No problem for PlentyChess, here a single thread of a 3.5GHz-CPU:
rk6/p1r3p1/P3B1Kp/1p2B3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Analysis by PlentyChess 7.0.19:
3.Ld5 Kc8 4.Lxa8 b4 5.Lb7+ Kd7 6.Lxg7 Tc2 7.Kxh6 b3 8.Ld4 Ta2
Schwarz steht etwas besser.
=/+ (-0.68) Tiefe: 10/18 00:00:00
...
3.Ld5 Kc8 4.Lxa8 Tc4 5.Lxg7 Kc7 6.Lxh6 b4 7.Kf5 Kb6 8.Lb7 b3 9.Lg7 Kc5 10.Lf8+ Kb5 11.Lg7 Kb4 12.Ke6 Tc1 13.Kd7 Tg1 14.Le5 Kc4 15.Kd6 Td1+
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.
= (-0.15) Tiefe: 27/57 00:00:02 4354kN
3.Ld7 b4 4.Kf7 b3 5.Ke7 b2 6.Kd8 b1D 7.Lxc7#
Weiß setzt Matt.
+- (#5) Tiefe: 28/57 00:00:02 4460kN
...
3.Ld7 b4 4.Kf7 b3 5.Ke7 b2 6.Kd8 b1D 7.Lxc7#
Weiß setzt Matt.
+- (#5) Tiefe: 249/9 00:00:06 24034kN
The original starting position of the puzzle by J. Mendheim has two more moves to be found:
[d]rkr5/p5p1/Pp4Kp/8/3B4/1B6/8/8 w - - 0 1
Analysis by PlentyChess 7.0.19:
1.Le5+ Tc7 2.Ld5 Kc8 3.Lxc7 Kxc7 4.Lxa8 b5 5.Lf3 Kb6 6.Kxg7 Kxa6 7.Kxh6 b4 8.Kg5 Kb5
Schwarz hat minimalen Vorteil.
= (-0.23) Tiefe: 10/18 00:00:00
...
1.Le5+ Tc7 2.Ld5 Kc8 3.Lxc7 Kxc7 4.Lxa8 b5 5.Kxg7 h5 6.Kg6 h4 7.Lb7 h3 8.Kf5 Kb6 9.Ke4 b4 10.Ke3 Kb5 11.Kd3 h2 12.Kd2 Ka4 13.Kc2 Ka3 14.Lh1 Ka2 15.Ld5+ Ka3 16.Kb1 Ka4 17.Kb2 Kb5 18.Lb7 Kc4 19.Lh1 Kc5 20.Kb3 Kb6 21.Lb7 Kc5 22.Kc2 Kb5
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.
= (0.00) Tiefe: 53/66 00:00:18 43861kN
1.Le5+ Tc7 2.Le6 b5 3.Ld7 b4 4.Kf7 b3 5.Ke7 b2 6.Kd8 b1T 7.Lxc7#
Weiß setzt Matt.
+- (#7) Tiefe: 54/66 00:00:20 51103kN
...
1.Le5+ Tc7 2.Le6 b5 3.Ld7 b4 4.Kf7 b3 5.Ke7 b2 6.Kd8 b1T 7.Lxc7#
Weiß setzt Matt.
+- (#7) Tiefe: 88/37 00:00:45 153MN
Like this it's in HHdbVI:
[pgn][Event "Aufgaben fur Schachspieler#61"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1832.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mendheim=J"]
[Black "(+0620.14g6b8) U2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkr5/p5p1/Pp4Kp/8/3B4/1B6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[GameId "2246023138152103"]
[EventDate "1832.??.??"]
{stipulation: mate in 7. U2: Rusz=A HHdbVI 21-2-2016.} 1. Be5+ Rc7 2. Be6 b5 3. Bd7 b4 4. Kf7 (4. Kxg7 $1 {<cook AR>}) 4... b3 5. Ke8 (5. Ke7 {<or>}) 5... b2 6. Kd8 b1=Q 7. Bxc7# 1-0
[/pgn]
Peter.