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Subject: Re: My Favorite Chess Problem

Author: Lyn Harper

Date: 01:42:23 03/15/02

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On March 15, 2002 at 01:22:22, Rodney Topor wrote:

>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!
>
>MacChess 5.0.1 on a 350MHz Mac G3 finds the solution instantly.
>  Well CM8 gives the right starting move, but no mate announced. Same
  with Fritz4. Not even given an hour on fast hardware.
>Rodney



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