Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 09:53:28 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 I remember the following from long ago: From any start position, a mate can be accomplished in at most the following number of moves: KQ v K = 9 moves KR v K = 12 moves KBB v K = 20 moves KBN v K = 34 moves I don't recollect if the stronger side is on the move or the weaker. Also, the latest tablebases may have shed some light on the above numbers. Regards, Steve
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