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Subject: Re: Those _not_ completed of the 16 {let's call them plies} challenge

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:28:26 09/29/00

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On September 29, 2000 at 13:05:52, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On September 27, 2000 at 17:31:40, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Some of them have a highly polar ce, and I expect those are probably the easiest
>>to complete.
>>
>>Not deep enough yet:
>>[D] r1b2rk1/pp4p1/4pb1B/2P5/Pq2B3/1P6/2QP1P2/2KR2R1 w - - acd 14; acn
>>-2039212006; ce 1352; pv Rxg7+ Bxg7 Bh7+ Kh8 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qg6+ Kh8 Qh5 Qa3+ Kc2
>>Qxc5+ Qxc5 Bd7 Qd4+ Kxh7 Qxd7+ Kg6 Qxe6+ Kh5 Qe5+ Rf5 Qxf5+ Kh6 Rh1+ Kg7 Rh7+
>>Kg8 Rxb7; pm Rxg7+; bm Rxg7;
>
>I have completed 16 plies on this one:
>
>16   1838:27  Mat15   1. Rxg7+ Bxg7 2. Bh7+ Kh8 3. Bxg7+
>                     Kxg7 4. Qg6+ Kh8 5. Qh5 Qa3+ 6. Kc2
>                     Qxc5+ 7. Qxc5 Bd7 8. Qd4+ Kxh7 9. Qxd7+
>                     Kg6 10. Qxe6+ Kh5 11. Qe5+ Rf5 12.
>                     Qxf5+ Kh6 13. Rh1+ Kg7 14. Rh7+ Kg8
>                     15. Qf7#
>
>Sorry it's not in EPD, as you would like.  But the answer is pretty interesting
>I think. :)  I'm letting it search more now, to see if there's a shorter mate,
>but I don't think it'll find one.
>
>Jeremiah

You used the wrong program.

I think that chessmaster6000 analyzed this problem and found mate in 13 or mate
in 14 after some hours.

I remember that I posted the main line some days ago.

Uri



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