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Subject: Re: A Surprise Mate in 15

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 11:57:36 02/17/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 14:47:49, Uri Blass wrote:


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

Yace:

   6762131  44.045  Mat09  9t  1. Nxh6+ gxh6 2. Qxh6 f5 3. Bf6 Kf7 4. Qg7+ Ke8
                               5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Rxd7 Rf7 7. Rxe7+ Kd8 8. Rh8+
                               Rf8 9. Rxf8# {940}

But it does not mean, that this is the shortest mate, either.

Regards,
Dieter




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