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Subject: Re: A Surprise Mate in 15

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:47:49 02/17/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 14:27:33, Bob Basham wrote:

>In this position my new Fritz7 program announced a mate in 15,
>beginning with 1. Nxh6+..., etc.
>
>[D]r1b2rk1/pp2bpp1/4p2p/2q4Q/5nNB/2PB4/PP3PP1/2KR3R w - -
>
>Unbelievable!
>
>I accidently made this up when I omited a white pawn at h2....:-)

I usually do not believe programs when they say mate in 15 and I suspect that
there is a shorter mate.

Chest is an exception but I did not use it to find the shortest mate.

Uri



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