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Subject: Mate for white?

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 03:51:23 12/31/00


About two weeks ago someone posted the following postsion:

[D]n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - -

As far as I can recall it should have been a mate for white, but the programs I
tried can only find a draw, ie. Shredder4 on a PIII-500E with 128MB hash and all
3-4-5 men EGTB.  Can someone shine a light on this please?

Thanks, Ernst.


 8.01   0:01.92  +1.83   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 a4 Qd5 Qf8 Ke5 Kxh7 Kd4 (75.326) 39.0
 8 ->   0:03.27  +1.83   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 a4 Qd5 Qf8 Ke5 Kxh7 Kd4 (188.540) 57.6
 9.01   0:03.77  +1.58-- gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Kxh7 Qh1+ Kg8 Qa8 Qe3+ Kg4 Qe6+
Kf4 Qc4+ Ke3 Qc5+ Kd3 (237.315) 62.8
 9.01   0:04.08  +1.43   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Kxh7 Bxa5 Qe5+ Kh4 Qh2+ Kg4 f5+
Kxf5 Qh5+ Kf4 Qf7+ Ke5 (286.050) 70.0
 9 ->   0:04.73  +1.43   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Kxh7 Bxa5 Qe5+ Kh4 Qh2+ Kg4 f5+
Kxf5 Qh5+ Kf4 Qf7+ Ke5 (377.669) 79.7
10.01   0:06.23  +1.18-- gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bxa5 f5 Bb4 Qh2+
Kg5 Qg1+ Kxf5 Qf1+ Ke5 Qb5+ Kf6 Qxb4 (556.526) 89.3
10.01   0:06.48  +1.18   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kg7 (598.538) 92.3
10 ->   0:09.73  +1.18   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kg7 (1.057.636) 108.5
11.01   0:13.01  +1.41   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 a4 Qd5 a3 Be7 Qa4 Kxf7 Qa7 (1.590.702)
122.1
11 ->   0:15.81  +1.41   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 a4 Qd5 a3 Be7 Qa4 Kxf7 Qa7 (2.034.445)
128.6
12.01   0:21.85  +1.16-- gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bxa5 f5 Bb4 Qh2+
Kg5 Qg1+ Kxf5 Qg6+ Ke5 Qg7+ Kf4 (2.903.802) 132.8
12.01   1:02.41  +0.68   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh6 Qg7+ Kh5 Qe5+ Bg5+
Kxh7 Qg2 f6 Qc2+ Kg7 (9.255.885) 148.2
12 ->   2:21.45  +0.68   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh6 Qg7+ Kh5 Qe5+ Bg5+
Kxh7 Qg2 f6 Qc2+ Kg7 (21.769.350) 153.8
13.01   3:16.37  +0.46   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Kh3 a4 Bh4 Qc3+
Bg3 a3 Qe4+ Kg8 Qd5 (31.146.945) 158.6
13 ->   7:22.31  +0.46   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Kh3 a4 Bh4 Qc3+
Bg3 (72.543.581) 164.0
14.01  10:13.74  +0.21-- gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Kh3 a4 Bh4 Qc3+
Bg3 (101.388.403) 165.1
14.01  10:24.21  +0.21   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh6 Qg7+ Kh5 Qe5+ Kg4 Kxh7
Bg5 f5+ Kh3 Qe4 Qa7+ Kg6 Bh4 a4 (103.197.889) 165.3
14 ->  15:01.14  +0.21   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh6 Qg7+ Kh5 Qe5+ Kg4 Kxh7
Bg5 f5+ Kh3 Qe4 Qa7+ Kg6 Bh4 a4 (149.527.676) 165.9
15.01  23:11.33  +0.01   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kd6 Qd4+ Ke7 Qe5+ (234.099.975) 168.2
15 ->  40:57.18  +0.01   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kd6 (416.552.315) 169.5
16.01  74:09.76   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (759.667.797) 170.7
16 ->  99:57.40   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (1021.179.262) 170.2
17.01 158:21.98   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (1657.385.063) 174.4
17 -> 212:40.60   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (-2097691245) -164.-3
18.01 382:17.07   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (-255489211) -11.-1
18 -> 582:16.18   0.00   gxh7+ Kh8 Qxa8 Qe6+ Kg5 Qe5+ Kh4 Kxh7 Bg5 Qh2+ Kg4 Qg1+
Kf4 Qf1+ Ke5 Qa1+ Kf5 Qb1+ Ke5 Qb2+ Kf4 Qc1+ Kg4 Qg1+ Kf4 (1739.496.822) 49.7
best move: g6xh7 time: 713:44.659 min  n/s: -24961




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