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Hello,
The FEN: 8/Q7/5r1p/8/6k1/7P/7K/8 b
It is black to move.
I would like to know if your engine(s), coupled with the 6-men Syzygy EGTB is able to find the mate in #26?
I am experimenting weird outputs from many engines on different computer system and I need to know if the problem is only here, or if others have the same problem at solving it.
The story behind all this: In a computer chess game, my engine was winning starting from move 47. Its eval jumped to +128 (I was using a Stockfish 8 derived engine) and my opponent was using a latest Stockfish 8 build. After move 58. gxh3+ (which is the FEN posted above), my opponent's eval gives him a losing game and a mate in #26 for me. On my side, my eval was still +128 (I was with white) but never was any mating solution found. The game went on for 70 more moves and eventually ended in a draw !!!
If you try the FEN above on any online end-game tablebase viewer, it will give you that the game ends in effectively in 26 moves. You can check one here at http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html
So I was dumbfounded by this and started testing this on all my systems. I checked my Syzygy EGTB files for possible corruption but their checksum were still ok. Yet, on any system being 4,6, 12 or 24 CPUs, I can't solve this mate and the EGTB can't either.
So I am asking for your help!
Thx!