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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