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Subject: Re: Queen for a day..!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:17:01 01/08/02

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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 - -

CM8000 says Mate in 14 in less than one second. If Junior5 says Mate in 13,
what's the line?

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	2.28	3195		1.Qe4+ Qb7 2.Qa4+ Kb8 3.Qf4+ Ka8
					4.Qf8+ Qb8 5.Qf3+ Qb7 6.Qa3+ Kb8
					7.Qg3+ Ka8 8.Qxg8+ Qb8 9.Qg2+ Qb7
					10.Qxa2+ Kb8
0:00	1/4	2.70	7384		1.Qe4+ Qb7 2.Qa4+ Kb8 3.Qf4+ Ka8
					4.Qf8+ Qb8 5.Qf3+ Qb7 6.Qa3+ Kb8
					7.Qg3+ Ka8 8.Qxg8+ Qb8 9.Qg2+ Qb7
					10.Qxa2+ Kb8 11.Qh2+ Ka8
0:00	2/5	Mate14	15622		1.Qe4+ Qb7 2.Qa4+ Kb8 3.Qf4+ Ka8
					4.Qf8+ Qb8 5.Qf3+ Qb7 6.Qa3+ Kb8
					7.Qg3+ Ka8 8.Qxg8+ Qb8 9.Qg2+ Qb7
					10.Qxa2+ Kb8 11.Qh2+ Ka8 12.Qh8+
					Qb8 13.Qa1+ Kb7 14.Qa6#
0:00	3/6	Mate14	35532		1.Qe4+ Qb7 2.Qa4+ Kb8 3.Qf4+ Ka8
					4.Qf8+ Qb8 5.Qf3+ Qb7 6.Qa3+ Kb8
					7.Qg3+ Ka8 8.Qxg8+ Qb8 9.Qg2+ Qb7
					10.Qxa2+ Kb8 11.Qh2+ Ka8 12.Qh8+
					Qb8 13.Qa1+ Kb7 14.Qa6#
0:01	4/7	Mate14	85565		1.Qe4+ Qb7 2.Qa4+ Kb8 3.Qf4+ Ka8
					4.Qf8+ Qb8 5.Qf3+ Qb7 6.Qa3+ Kb8
					7.Qg3+ Ka8 8.Qxg8+ Qb8 9.Qg2+ Qb7
					10.Qxa2+ Kb8 11.Qh2+ Ka8 12.Qh8+
					Qb8 13.Qa1+ Kb7 14.Qa6#



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