Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:03:47 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 Chessmaster 9000, on a P3-733, finds mate in 6 in seven seconds: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 10.43 567 1.Ne8 Kh5 2.Nxd6 Kg4 0:00 1/3 10.45 971 1.Nd5 Kh5 2.Bf8 Kg4 3.Nf6+ Kf3 4.Bxd6 0:00 1/4 10.45 1575 1.Nd5 Kh5 2.Bf8 Kg4 3.Nf6+ Kf3 4.Bxd6 0:00 1/4 10.60 2076 1.Ne8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Nd6+ Kg4 0:00 1/5 10.63 4547 1.Ne8 Kh5 2.Kf7 Kg4 3.Nxd6 0:00 2/6 10.80 9105 1.Ne8 Kh5 2.Kf7 Kh4 3.Nxd6 Kg4 4.e5 0:00 2/6 17.31 32590 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5 5.d7 Kg6 6.d8=Q 0:00 3/7 17.31 50268 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5 5.d7 Kg6 6.d8=Q 0:01 4/8 Mate08 118203 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5 5.d7 Kg6 6.d8=Q Kf5 7.Qa5+ Kg6 8.Qh5# 0:03 5/9 Mate08 417479 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Ke7 Ke5 4.d6 Kf5 5.d7 Kg6 6.d8=Q Kf5 7.Qa5+ Kg6 8.Qh5# 0:07 6/10 Mate06 1006057 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Kf7 Ke5 4.Kg6 Kd6 5.Bh6 Ke5 6.Bf4# 0:12 7/11 Mate06 1896862 1.Kf8 d5 2.exd5 Kf5 3.Kf7 Ke5 4.Kg6 Kd6 5.Bh6 Ke5 6.Bf4# jm
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