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5 pieces.

h#16
longest mate
h#9
deepest unique
1
positions at that depth
h#9
deepest dual
h#7.5
deepest strict dual
265,038,047
positions with a helpmate
7,275,714
with a unique solution
355,074,048
cells in the plane
111,312,327 bytes
on disk

Deepest unique problems

Only one position exists at this depth.

Deepest dual problems

Deepest dual with different first and last moves: h#7.5. The deepest dual overall is h#9, where the two solutions share a first or a last move.

h#7.5

8/8/8/4k1B1/2p5/8/5B2/1K6 w - - 0 1

Two solutions, with different first and last moves (2 starts, 2 ends).

  1. Bg3+ Kd4 Kc1 Kc3 Kd1 Kb2 Bc1+ Ka1 Kc2 c3 Bb2+ cxb2 Kb3 b1=B Be5#
  2. Bfh4 Kd4 Kc1 Kc3 Kd1 Kb2 Bc1+ Ka1 Kc2 c3 Bb2+ cxb2 Kb3 b1=B Bf6#

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h#7.5

8/6k1/2p5/8/8/8/K6B/6B1 w - - 0 1

Two solutions, with different first and last moves (2 starts, 2 ends).

  1. Bc5 Kh8 Bb4 c5 Kb3 cxb4 Kc4 b3 Kd5 b2 Ke6 b1=B Kf7 Bh7 Be5#
  2. Bd6 Kh8 Bb4 c5 Kb3 cxb4 Kc4 b3 Kd5 b2 Ke6 b1=B Kf7 Bh7 Bd4#

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h#7.5

8/8/5B1k/4B3/8/2p5/1K6/8 w - - 0 1

Two solutions, with different first and last moves (2 starts, 2 ends).

  1. Kc2 Kg6 Bg5 Kh7 Bd2 cxd2 Kd3 d1=B Ke4 Bb3 Kf5 Bg8 Kf6 Kh8 Kg6#
  2. Kb3 Kh7 Bg5 Kg8 Bd2 cxd2 Kc4 d1=B Kd5 Bc2 Ke6 Bh7 Kf6 Kh8 Kf7#

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Note: the side to move is in check in the diagram.