Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:51:14 03/12/00
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On March 12, 2000 at 15:39:57, John Coffey wrote: >[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 Hello John, What these people should have told you is that you have something wrong with your Fritz 6 setup! This is a simple endgame position contained in Fritz 6 tablebases (Supplied on the CD). If your Fritz does not show the move Qf4 instantly then it is not using the tablebases. Check your installation or make sure the "Use Tablebases" block is checked and the CHSSBASE.INI
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