Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:25:28 11/15/00
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On November 15, 2000 at 12:20:30, Robert Ericsson wrote: >A friend of mine claims that the stronger side will, from any start position, >deliver a mate in at least 8 moves in a K+Q vs. K endgame. > >Is his claim correct? If not, how many moves would be the correct claim? > >Kind regards, >Robert The longest win is a mate in 10. There are no drawn positions with white (the side with the queen) to move, in case that comes up. bruce
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