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Subject: Re: Forced mate position to solve... and 1 in return ...

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:29:25 01/31/01

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On January 31, 2001 at 15:17:38, Paul wrote:

>On January 31, 2001 at 13:28:30, leonid wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>If you like to solve forced mate, here is the position.
>>
>>[D]2Q1N1qq/rQ2NPnP/r3qpqk/1Rb1n1qp/3N1nb1/1q1Q1B1R/2QB4/2R1K2R w - -
>>
>>Please indicate your result... even if your program failed.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Leonid.
>
>Hi 2u2!
>
>I found about the same as Dann, a mate in 12, slightly different line tho:
>
>00:49 WM12 08 1. hxg8=N+ Qxg8 2. Nxg8+ Kh7 3. Nexf6+ Qexf6 4. Nxf6+ Qxf6 5. Qg8+
>Kh6 6. Qxg6+ Nxg6 7. Rxh5+ Bxh5 8. Qxg6+ Qxg6 9. Bxf4+ Qg5 10. Nf5+ Kg6 11.
>Qxg7+ Kxf5 12. Qe4x
>
>It sure looks nice, and the knight promotion at the start is a great finishing
>touch! :)
>
>The next famous position is from the game Lasker,E - Thomas, don't know the
>exact year, but it must have been in the first half of the previous century:
>
>[D]rn3rk1/pbppq1pp/1p2pb2/4N2Q/3PN3/3B4/PPP2PPP/R3K2R w KQ -
>
>White to mate in 7 moves. The KQ at the end of the line means that White can
>still castle to both sides. Hope it isn't too easy!
>
>Groetjes,
>Paul

Way too easy. ;-)

Chessmaster 8000's results:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.66	4610		1. Nc5 g6 2. Nxg6 hxg6 3. Qxg6+
					Kh8 4. Qh6+ Kg8 5. Nxb7 Bxd4
0:00	1/4	Mate07	13690		1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Nxf6+ Kh6 3. Neg4+
					Kg5 4. f4+ Kh4 5. g3+ Kh3 6. Bf1+
					Bg2 7. Nf2#
0:01	2/5	Mate07	46219		1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Nxf6+ Kh6 3. Neg4+
					Kg5 4. f4+ Kh4 5. g3+ Kh3 6. Bf1+
					Bg2 7. Nf2#
0:04	2/6	Mate07	141948		1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Nxf6+ Kh6 3. Neg4+
					Kg5 4. f4+ Kh4 5. g3+ Kh3 6. Bf1+
					Bg2 7. Nf2#
0:11	3/7	Mate07	380683		1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Nxf6+ Kh6 3. Neg4+
					Kg5 4. f4+ Kh4 5. g3+ Kh3 6. Bf1+
					Bg2 7. Nf2#

jm



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