Author: John Coffey
Date: 12:39:57 03/12/00
[D]1Q6/K7/8/3k4/8/8/8/8 w - - I had this position in a game and I wondered what the shortest route to mate is. I have seen methods by which one advances the king first and other methods where one advances the queen first. I think that Qf4 might be the best move although I can't prove it. I gave the problem to Fritz6 thinking that it would either know the answer immediately or would be able to find it quickly. After some searching it came up with mate in 31, but after playing a move or two it quickly turned into mate in 9. After searching several hours Fritz came up with Qb4 mate in 26. I don't know if that is the fastest solution since I have heard that one can mate with this in less than 20 moves. John
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