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Subject: Re: Queen for a day..!

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 10:35:32 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 08:59:28, Robert Basham wrote:

>Watch this "busy Queen" do a mate in 14 all alone..!
>
>See which computor program can announce the correct number of moves
>in the shortest amount of time, etc.
>
>1. Qe4+ mates...
>
>Junior5 sees "a mate in 13",,,etc.
>
>[D]kq4n1/4p2Q/1P2P3/1K6/8/8/p7/8 w - -


Cute. My engine sees a mate in 14.
The thing is somewhat lazy, so I don't know if there is a shorter mate ...

SpiderChess (amd 1200)
10  00:00:00  Mat 15  H7-E4 B8-B7 E4-A4 A8-B8 A4-F4 B8-A8 F4-F8 B7-B8 F8-F3
                      B8-B7 F3-A3 A8-B8 A3-G3 B8-A8 G3xG8 B7-B8 G8-G2 B8-B7
                      G2xA2 B7-A6 A2xA6 A8-B8 B6-B7 B8-C7 A6-C6 C7-B8 C6-C8
                      B8-A7 C8-A8
10  00:00:01  Mat 14  H7-E4 B8-B7 E4-A4 A8-B8 A4-F4 B8-A8 F4-F8 B7-B8 F8-F3
                      B8-B7 F3-A3 A8-B8 A3-G3 B8-A8 G3xG8 B7-B8 G8-G2 B8-B7
                      G2xA2 A8-B8 A2-H2 B8-A8 H2-H8 B7-B8 H8-A1 A8-B7 A1-A6

Martin



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