White to play and Win in 9

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Re: White to play and Win in 9

Post by acase »

Here is a tricky mate in 7 that most engines don't solve immediately including Stockfish, Crystal and a few others...However The Huntsman 1 does solve it immediately:

[pgn][Event "Mate in 7"] [Site "Columbus, Ohio"] [Date "2024.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Time "18:34:54"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1b6/R3RPK1/2NpP2P/N2k2nQ/1B3prq/1p3Pp1/np1P1p2/r7 w - - 0 1"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "0"] [WhiteType "program"] [BlackType "human"] 1-0 [/pgn]