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[spacious_mind]

Bb6 is mate in 8 as well as Bc5!! good test for dedicated but doubt many mediocre machines will find either, maybe some of the high end Mephisto/Tasc machines might find.

Tasc Chess Machine 32 Bit 32 MHz King 2.54 found and played:

Bc5 in position 1 in 10 seconds announcing mate in 8.
f3 in position 2 in 25 seconds.

Not hard for THE KING.

Best regards
Nick

[spacious_mind]

Correction King 2.54 finds position 2 in 22 seconds.

Tasc Chess Machine 32 Bit 32 MHz 512K King 2.54 found and played:

Bc5 in test position 1 in 10 seconds announcing mate in 8. (Active level 30S)
f3 in test position 2 in 22 seconds. (Active level 30S)

Tasc Chess Machine 32 Bit 30 MHz 512K King 2.54 found and played:

Bc5 in test position 1 in 22 seconds announcing mate in 8. (Active level 30S)
f3 in test position 2 in 62 seconds. (Active level 60S)

Tasc Chess Machine 32 Bit 32 MHz 512K Gideon 3.1 found and played:

Bb6 in test position 1 in 59 seconds (no Mate Announcement in Active Level 60S)
Bb6 in test position 1 in 2 min 58 sec. (no Mate Announcement in Tourn Level 40/2 hrs)
Bb6 in test position 1 in 4 min 15 sec (Analysis mode with mate in 8 announcement)
f3 in test position 2 in 2 min 30 sec. (Tournament Level 40/2 hrs.)

Tasc Chess Machine 32 Bit 30 MHz 512K Gideon 3.1 found and played:

Bb6 in test position 1 in 3 min 1 sec (no Mate Announcement in Tourn Level 40/2 hrs)
Bb6 in test position 1 in 8 min 55 sec (Analysis mode with mate in 8 announcement)
f3 in test position 2 in 5 min 34 sec. (Tournament Level 40/2 hrs.)

Best regards