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Subject: Re: Mate in 17 === J.Halumbirek,1948 (corrected position)

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 10:40:56 01/17/02

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On January 17, 2002 at 09:49:28, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>Ok, the first position was wrong (in German B=Bauer is a pawn, not a bishop).
>[D]6k1/8/5Q2/8/8/8/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - -
>Now Chest agrees that white wins in 17 moves.  Qe7 is the unique key for this:
>
>PV: Qe7 Kh8 Qg5 Kh7 Qe5 Kg8 Qf6 Kh7 Qf8 Kg6 Qe7 Kh6 Qf7 Kg5 Qe6 Kf4 Qd5 Kg4 Qd7+
>Kh4 Qe7+ Kg3 Qf7 Kg4 Qf6 Kg3 Qf5 Kh4 Qg6 Kh3 Qg5 Kh2 Qh4#

With help from Fritz:

1.Qe7 Kh8 2.Qg5 Kh7 3.Qe5 Kg8 4.Qf6 Kh7 5.Qf8 Kg6 6.Qe7 Kh6 7.Qf7 Kg5 8.Qe6 Kf4
9.Qd5 Kg4
   [9...Ke3 10.Qc4 Kf3 11.Qd4 Kg3 12.Qe4 Kh3 13.Qe6+ as below]

10.Qe5 Kf3 11.Qd4 Kg3 12.Qe4 Kh3 13.Qe6+ Kg3
   [13...Kh4 14.Qg6 as below but one move earlier]

14.Qf5 Kh4 15.Qg6 Kh3 16.Qg5 Kh2 17.Qh4#



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