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5 pieces.

h#8
longest mate
h#7
deepest unique
7
positions at that depth
h#7
deepest dual
h#5
deepest strict dual
505,948,620
positions with a helpmate
23,298,295
with a unique solution
355,074,048
cells in the plane
266,846,689 bytes
on disk

Deepest unique problems

Deepest dual problems

Deepest dual with different first and last moves: h#5. The deepest dual overall is h#7, where the two solutions share a first or a last move.

h#5

8/8/8/8/4k3/3R4/1P6/K2b4 b - - 0 1

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

  1. Bg4 Rd4+ Ke3 Rxg4 Kd2 Ka2 Kc1 Kb3 Kb1 Rg1#
  2. Bh5 Rd5 Ke3 Rxh5 Kd2 Ka2 Kc1 Kb3 Kb1 Rh1#

pure model ideal

h#5

8/8/3k4/8/2R5/8/1P5b/K7 b - - 0 1

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

  1. Bg1 b4 Bc5 Kb2 Kc6 Kc3 Kb5 Rxc5+ Ka4 Ra5#
  2. Be5 Rc1 Bc3 Kb1 Kc5 Kc2 Kb4 bxc3+ Ka3 Ra1#

pure model ideal mirror

h#5

8/8/8/8/b5k1/5R1P/8/1K6 b - - 0 1

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

  1. Kh4 Rf4+ Kg3 Rxa4 Kf2 Kc2 Ke1 Kd3 Kd1 Ra1#
  2. Kh5 Kc1 Bd7 Kd2 Bxh3 Ke3 Bf5 Kf4 Bg6 Rh3#

pure model ideal mirror self-block single-piece single-piece:black

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