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

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 09:18:38 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

1. Kf8 d5 2. exd5 Kf5 3. Ke7 Kg6 4. d6 Kf5 5. d7 Kg6
 + (20.10)      Depth: 9        00:00:02.01     319kN
1. Kf8 d5 2. exd5 Kf5 3. Ke7 Kg6 4. d6 Kf5 5. d7 Kg6
 = (20.10)      Depth: 9        00:00:04.48     838kN
1. Kf8 d5 2. exd5 Kf5 3. Ke7 Kg6 4. d6 Kf5 5. d7 Kg6 6. d8=Q
 = (20.10)      Depth: 10       00:00:12.35     2705kN
1. Kf8 d5 2. exd5 Kf5 3. Kf7 Ke5 4. Kg6 Kd6 5. Bh6 Ke7 6. Bf8
 = (99.86)      Depth: 11       00:00:12.45     2730kN

suprising that fritz doesn't find this.



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