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

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 05:35:53 02/17/03

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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

For the sake of completeness here is the verdict of Chest...
(complete solution tree, 1.18 secs, Athlon 1500+)

 Kf8 d5 exd5 Kf5 Kf7 Ke5 Kg6 Kd6 Bh6 Ke5 Bf4#
                                     Ke7 Bf8#

Cheers,
Heiner


>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



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