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Subject: Re: Can someone verify this mate?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 10:50:52 08/20/00

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On August 19, 2000 at 22:57:27, Larry Griffiths wrote:

>[D]3R1B1K/5p2/2p2p2/b1rPNP1n/q1rkNP2/1Pp2Q2/1n6/5B2 W - -
>
>I finally got a principle continuation working.  My program is not getting the
>same checkmate that other programs are getting.  Can someone verify that my
>moves are indeed checkmate?
>This is my result...
>
>e4-c5 c4-c5 e5-g4 a5-d8 f1-g2 c6-d5 f3-e3

According to Chest you are right.  There are 3 key moves: Ng4, Nxc5 and Re8.
The complete solution tree for your move is:

 Nxc5 Rxc5 Ng4   Bxd8  Bg2    Nc4   Qe4#
                              Nd1   Qe4#
                                    Qxd1#
                              Ng3   Qe3#
                              Qxb3  Qe4#
                              c2    Qe3#
                              cxd5  Qe3#      <-- your line
                              -*-   Qe3#
                                    Qe4#
                 Nc4   Qd3#
                 Nd1   Qd3#
                 Nd3   Qe3#
                       Qxd3#
                 Nxf4  Qe3#
                       Qxf4#
                 -*-   Qe3#
      c2   Qe4+  Kc3   Qe1+   Kd4   Nf3#
           Qf2+  Kc3   Qe1+   Kd4   Nf3#
      Bb4  Qe4#
           Qf2#
           dxc6#
      Bxd8 Qe4#
      Nd1  Qd3#
           Qe4#
      Nd3  Qe4#
           Qxd3#
      Ng3  Qf2#
      Nxf4 Qe4#
           Qxf4#
      Qa1  Nxc6#
           Qe4#
           Qf2#
      Qa2  Nxc6#
           Qe4#
           Qf2#
      Qa3  Nxc6#
           Qe4#
           Qf2#
      Qb4  Nxc6#
           Qe4#
           Qf2#
      Qxb3 Nxb3#
           Nxc6#
           Qe4#
           Qf2#
      cxd5 Qe4#
           Qf2#
           Rxd5#
      -*-  Qe4#
           Qf2#

(K6-3 400, 4.3 seconds)

Heiner



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