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KBvkrp

5 pieces.

h#16.5
longest mate
h#13
deepest unique
2
positions at that depth
h#13
deepest dual
h#8.5
deepest strict dual
505,776,770
positions with a helpmate
1,152,202
with a unique solution
355,074,048
cells in the plane
168,186,156 bytes
on disk

Deepest unique problems

Only one distinct idea exists at this depth: 2 positions share a solution.

Deepest dual problems

Deepest dual with different first and last moves: h#8.5. The deepest dual overall is h#13, where the two solutions share a first or a last move.

Only one position exists at this depth.

h#8.5

2K5/3B4/k7/2r5/8/7p/8/8 w - - 0 1

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

  1. Kb8 Kb6 Bc8 Kc6 Ka7 Kd5 Kb6 Ke4 Kxc5 Kf3 Kd4 Kg2 Ke3 Kh1 Kf2 h2 Bb7#
  2. Kd8 h2 Bf5 Kb5 Ke7 Kc4 Kf6 Kd4 Kg5 Ke3 Kg4 Kf2 Be4 Kg1 Kf3 Kh1 Kf2#

self-block nocheck

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