Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: How many moves to mate in this curious position?

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 02:13:55 08/21/00

Go up one level in this thread


On August 20, 2000 at 05:33:26, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>[D]6bn/2k2prq/5prp/5pbn/5p1p/1Kp2PpP/2P3P1/8 w - -
>
>Some time sago this postion appeared in a computer magazine. Unfortunatelay the
>solution was not given. Who can help and give me the moves?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Helmut
>
>My WM-Tip:
>
>1. Shredder
>2. Rebel
>3. Fritz

I tried to find a solution for this position but I didn't get. Although I think
that it is a draw, I was curious. You could send an email for the magazine to
know if some mistake there was been in the problem.
I remember a checkmate in 10 moves in that the author placed 1 piece in wrong
position and, obviously, I didn't get to solve the problem. During almost 10
years (!), with varied intervals of time, I tried to solve the position without
success. There are 3 years, I discovered that the initial position was incorrect
and finally I could find the solution.
If somebody calls me of nut because of that, I will agree :)

WM-Tip:
1. Fritz
2. Nimzo
3. Rebel-Tiger

Paulo Soares, from Brazil



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.