Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:14:04 03/08/01
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On March 08, 2001 at 10:42:55, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]k7/P7/P7/P7/P7/P7/P7/R3K3 w Q - 0 1 > > Shinkman, 1887 #8 > > > The author promises a mate for white in 8 moves. Surely it's a true > promise - like the ones from CB which in a very short time certainly > will give us a new CB8 [*not* read "Chess Blab Eight" as one of my friends > suggested] upgrade with correct search functions etc. Surely they will > also put out the promised upgrade of "the search for duplicates" function > for CB7. No doubt. Absolutely no doubt. > > So, down the ladder we go in this one. Black has no choice but to wait > and do what he's forced to do. I know Frederic likes problems like this, > so this one is for him. ;) > > > Test: If the promises are kept. One of the solutions further down. > > > Sune > > > > > > > >Shinkman >1887 > >1.0-0-0! Kxa7 2.Rd8! Kxa6 3.Rd7 Kxa5 4.Rd6 Kxa4 5.Rd5 Kxa3 6.Rd4 Kxa2 7.Rd3 Ka1 >8.Ra3# 1-0 If it's a mating problem, then it's usually NO problem for CM8000 :-) Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 5/6 11.55 17209 1. O-O-O Kxa7 2. Rd7+ Kb8 3. Kc2 Ka8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5. Rb7+ Kc8 6. Kd4 0:00 6/7 11.69 59530 1. O-O-O Kxa7 2. Rd7+ Kb8 3. Kc2 Ka8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5. Kd4 Ka8 0:01 7/8 11.61 177916 1. O-O-O Kxa7 2. Rd7+ Kb8 3. Kc2 Ka8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5. Kd4 Ka8 6. Re7 0:05 8/9 Mate08 816123 1. O-O-O Kxa7 2. Rd8 Kxa6 3. Rd7 Kxa5 4. Rd6 Kxa4 5. Rd5 Kxa3 6. Rd4 Kxa2 7. Rd3 Ka1 8. Ra3# 0:06 9/10 Mate08 1102205 1. O-O-O Kxa7 2. Rd8 Kxa6 3. Rd7 Kxa5 4. Rd6 Kxa4 5. Rd5 Kxa3 6. Rd4 Kxa2 7. Rd3 Ka1 8. Ra3# jm
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