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Subject: Re: If you like to solve a mate...

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 15:20:14 02/04/01

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On February 04, 2001 at 10:57:41, leonid wrote:

>On February 04, 2001 at 09:27:40, Paul wrote:
>
>>On February 04, 2001 at 09:13:28, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>If you like to solve one forced mate...
>>>
>>>6R1/r3P1b1/6kN/1bP1P1np/3P1B1p/4P3/pq4N1/r1n3QK w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate you result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>This is too easy for usual chessprograms, not enough pieces :) ... I find a mate
>>in 8 very fast:
>>
>>00:01 WM8 08 Nxh4+ Kh7 Rxg7+ Kh8 Nf7+ Kxg7 Qxg5+ Kxf7 Qf6+ Kg8 Qf8+ Kh7 Qf7+ Kh8
>>Ng6#
>>
>>bye,
>>Paul
>
>Thanks, Paul, for saying this! I am afraid that too many pieces can frighten a
>lot of folk even from trying given position.
>
>Bonjour,
>Leonid.

True, those positions with huge amounts of pieces are seldom posible, and when
they're posible, they're still not probable.  But this was a very reasonable
position IMO.

Pete



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