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Subject: Re: My Favorite Chess Problem

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 22:23:43 03/14/02

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On March 14, 2002 at 20:19:58, Art Basham wrote:

>Someone here posted this problem about 2 months ago,
>and I just "fell in love" with it..!
>
>White plays 1. Ne3-g4+ and mates in 30...WITHOUT a Queen on the board!
>
>Be sure to play this out to the end, and see the beauty found in this
>unique chess masterpiece!
>
>[D]5n2/B3K3/2p2Np1/4k3/7P/3bN1P1/2Prn1P1/1q6 w - -
>
>My Crafty engine ann. "mate in 30" in only 25 sec...!
>
>Have fun with it!
>
>Why not post your favorite chess problem here,
>Or, It may just be your favorite move in chess...
>the move that really surprised you,
>or "knocked your socks off" so to speak..!
>
>(The man who taught me how to play chess was my Latin and math teacher
>in H. S....If he were living today, he would be just thrilled to see
>what chess computors can do_!


It's a known position posted many times here, there are several chess programs
which solves this instantly, pick any Rebel version it will announce the mate in
less than a 1/10 of a second.

Ed



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