Author: Dieter Buerssner
Date: 09:11:08 12/25/00
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On December 25, 2000 at 11:39:34, Uri Blass wrote:
> 3k4/8/3pKp2/2pPPPp1/2pPPPp1/Qpnrqrnp/4b3/4b3 w - - 0 1
>
>White begins and win.
If I do not have a big bug, Qa8+ leads to at least a mate in 8
91129956 499.6 Mat08 13t : 1.Qa8+ Kc7 2.Qc6+ Kb8 3.Kd7 Nxd5 4.exd5 Qxe5
5.dxe5 fxe5 6.Qb6+ Ka8 7.Kc6 Nxf5 8.Qb7# {-1519}
>A possible solution begins with
>1.Qa5+ Kc8 2.Qa8+ Kc7 3.Qc6+ Kb8 4.Kd7
>
>I guess that that the position is mate in 10 but I did not check it.
After doing Qa5+ on the board, I get mated in 8, which would indicate, that
Qa5+ leads to a mate in 9
2323 0.112 -Mat08 2. : 1...Kc8 2.Qa8+ Kc7 3.Qc6+ Kb8 4.Kd7 Nxd5 5.exd5
Qxe5 6.dxe5 fxe5 7.Qb6+ Ka8 8.Kc6 Nxf5 9.Qb7#
Dieter
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