Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:17:14 04/02/02
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On April 02, 2002 at 10:24:06, Art Basham wrote: >Just found this one today... > >Black plays...Qh3..! and mates in about 10 moves.. >with only a rook and a knight left for the attack..! > >[D]1rq5/p3kp2/2Bp1p2/1P2p1r1/QP3n2/2P5/5PPP/R4RK1 b - - > >From the Aemis Test Suite...(100 diagrams) Wow. Chessmaster looks really good on this one. ;-) Finds the move in 3 seconds (on a PIII-600), and reports the Mate in 11 in six seconds. Surprising since the first four moves are not checking moves: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 1.66 5317 1...Ne2+ 2.Kh1 Nxc3 3.Qxa7+ Kf8 4.Rfc1 0:00 1/3 1.58 7642 1...d5 2.Qxa7+ Ke6 3.Bd7+ Qxd7 4.Ra6+ Ke7 5.Qxb8 Rxg2+ 6.Kh1 0:00 1/4 1.58 14651 1...d5 2.Qxa7+ Ke6 3.Bd7+ Qxd7 4.Ra6+ Ke7 5.Qxb8 Rxg2+ 6.Kh1 0:01 2/5 1.88 49336 1...d5 2.Qxa7+ Ke6 3.Bd7+ Qxd7 4.Qxb8 Rxg2+ 5.Kh1 Ke7 6.Ra7 0:03 2/5 -2.69 215211 1...Qh3 2.Qxa7+ Kf8 3.Qxb8+ Kg7 4.Qh8+ Kxh8 5.g3 Ne2+ 6.Kh1 Nxc3 7.Rfe1 0:06 2/6 -Mate11 546057 1...Qh3 2.Qxa7+ Kf8 3.Qxb8+ Kg7 4.Qh8+ Kxh8 5.Rfd1 Rxg2+ 6.Kf1 Rg3+ 7.Ke1 Rg1+ 8.Kd2 Qd3+ 9.Kc1 Qxc3+ 10.Kb1 Rxd1+ 11.Ka2 Rxa1# 0:07 3/7 -Mate11 681694 1...Qh3 2.Qxa7+ Kf8 3.Qxb8+ Kg7 4.Qh8+ Kxh8 5.Rfd1 Rxg2+ 6.Kf1 Rg3+ 7.Ke1 Rg1+ 8.Kd2 Qd3+ 9.Kc1 Qxc3+ 10.Kb1 Rxd1+ 11.Ka2 Rxa1# 0:12 3/8 -Mate11 1213118 1...Qh3 2.Qxa7+ Kf8 3.Qxb8+ Kg7 4.Qh8+ Kxh8 5.Rfd1 Rxg2+ 6.Kf1 Rg3+ 7.Ke1 Rg1+ 8.Kd2 Qd3+ 9.Kc1 Qxc3+ 10.Kb1 Rxd1+ 11.Ka2 Rxa1# jm
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