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Subject: Re: Mate in 6 ....Problem

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 04:42:13 02/16/03

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On February 16, 2003 at 07:20:14, Art Basham wrote:

>This one is a real gem!
>AS far as I know,
>
>1. Kf8 is the only move that leads to a mate in 6...!
>
>[D]6K1/6B1/3pNNk1/8/4P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>My Fritz 7 finds it for awhiile ..but then changes to Bh8...
>
>I wonder if there is a program that finds Kf8 and stays there
>long enough to force the mate in 6....:-)
>
>Art

PostModernist on an Athlon 1200 takes a little while:

11= +23.28   00:01:55.38  18390536   1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5
                                     5.d7 Kg6 6.d8=Q
12> +23.28   00:01:55.38  18390918   1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5
                                     5.d7 Kg6 6.Kd6
12<  +M04    00:04:32.35  55013204   1.Kf8
12=  +M06    00:04:32.36  55014052   1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Kf7 Ke5 4.Kg6 Kd6
                                     5.Bh6 Ke7 6.Bf8


Andrew



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