Author: John Coffey
Date: 20:44:05 03/12/00
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What is the best move after Qf4 Ke6? On March 12, 2000 at 15:54:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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 > >Here is the right answer: > >White(1): egtb ! >1. Qf4! Kc5 2. Qe4 Kb5! 3. Qd4 Ka5 4. Kb7! Kb5! 5. Kc7! Ka5! 6. Kc6! >Ka6! 7. Qb6# > >Obviously a mate in 7. Moves with a ! after them are the _only_ move that >provides the best resistance (all other moves there result in a shorter >mate). > >(the above is output from Crafty).
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