Timeline for What is the longest known 7-piece checkmate?
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| Jan 7 at 15:53 | comment | added | Peteris | @theonlygusti the key part is that we have a full 7-piece ending database, so we know that it's the longest by comparing it to every single other 7-piece ending possible and observing that they have a shorter checkmate. | |
| Sep 22, 2023 at 8:47 | comment | added | Elias Hasle | The "human-comprehensible" part starts around move 498 (maybe earlier for GMs). It's incredible that all the moves before build up to that attack on the rook. | |
| Nov 3, 2021 at 21:43 | history | edited | Rewan Demontay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2021 at 21:23 | history | edited | Rewan Demontay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2021 at 9:02 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | Very interesting that the line includes a promotion to knight. | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 9:09 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Oct 26, 2021 at 8:40 | history | edited | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 26, 2021 at 6:49 | comment | added | Ian Bush | If you follow the link it asserts it is the longest, though I think the answer would be improved if there was a little bit of text saying here is a link to the relevant database, and on the link asserts that this is the longest solution in the database | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 1:29 | comment | added | user21899 | How do you know it's the longest? | |
| Oct 26, 2021 at 1:21 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Oct 26, 2021 at 1:04 | history | answered | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |