Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:14:42 04/02/02
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On April 02, 2002 at 12:01:05, Art Basham wrote: >From one of my real old chess books - now out of print...! > >1. Nc6 mates in 5...! (maybe more than one solution... >They had no computors back then to check their work...:-) > >[D]R7/4N3/7B/8/4k3/1B6/8/7K w - - According to Chessmaster, Nc6 is the only move that results in a Mate in 5: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 2/3 16.24 3523 1.Ra4+ Ke5 2.Bg7+ Kd6 3.Nf5+ Kc6 4.Kg2 0:00 2/3 16.26 5284 1.Kg2 Ke5 2.Ra5+ Kd6 3.Nf5+ Kd7 0:00 3/4 16.32 13349 1.Kg2 Kd4 2.Bg7+ Kd3 3.Rd8+ Ke3 0:00 3/4 16.37 33847 1.Ra4+ Kd3 2.Nd5 Ke2 3.Kg2 Kd3 4.Kf3 0:01 4/5 16.37 136210 1.Ra4+ Kd3 2.Nd5 Ke2 3.Be3 Ke1 4.Kg2 Ke2 0:04 5/6 Mate08 405989 1.Ra4+ Kd3 2.Bd1 Kc3 3.Bc1 Kd3 4.Kg2 Kc3 5.Nd5+ Kd3 6.Nf4+ Kc3 7.Ne2+ Kd3 8.Rd4# 0:06 5/6 Mate06 649709 1.Bc2+ Ke5 2.Ra6 Kd4 3.Rc6 Ke5 4.Kg2 Kd4 5.Kf3 Ke5 6.Bg7# 0:08 6/7 Mate06 988370 1.Bc2+ Ke5 2.Ra6 Kd4 3.Rc6 Ke5 4.Kg2 Kd4 5.Kf3 Ke5 6.Bg7# 0:17 7/8 Mate06 2271762 1.Bc2+ Ke5 2.Ra6 Kd4 3.Rc6 Ke5 4.Kg2 Kd4 5.Kf3 Ke5 6.Bg7# 0:40 8/9 Mate06 5531736 1.Bc2+ Ke5 2.Ra6 Kd4 3.Rc6 Ke5 4.Kg2 Kd4 5.Kf3 Ke5 6.Bg7# 1:01 8/9 Mate05 8438049 1.Nc6 Kd3 2.Bc1 Ke2 3.Kg2 Kd3 4.Re8 Kc3 5.Re3# 1:06 9/10 Mate05 8913332 1.Nc6 Kd3 2.Bc1 Ke2 3.Kg2 Kd3 4.Re8 Kc3 5.Re3# jm
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