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Subject: Re: Mate in 1 - but Fritz 6 needs 1 hour!!!

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 10:41:39 08/12/00

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>>[D]8/PPPPPpPk/3rq3/1b1r2b1/2BR1B2/3RQ3/pppppPpK/8 w

>g8Q+ forces mate in 12(Junior)
>
>1.g8Q+ Kxg8 2.e8Q+ is the beginning of the main line.
>
>Junior5.9 does not consider underpromotions but I believe that underpromotions
>cannot save black.

Just for fun I have started Chest on this one (K7/600 350MB TT).  After 184
seconds it finds there is no mate in 9, so a mate in 12 may take some time.
I'll tell you more when Chest has finished searching for mate in 12.

Heiner



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