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Subject: Re: The King Takes A Long Walk...!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:22:49 04/04/02

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On April 04, 2002 at 14:44:10, Art Basham wrote:

>White mates in 7  moves by
>
>1.Kb2, c3, d4, e5, etc. all the way up to g7...and then mates with the
>lonely knight at h1...!
>A rather unique puzzle from the
>"Fireside Book of Chess"...
>
>[D]3B4/7p/p6P/p5p1/7k/8/P5P1/K2B3N w - -
>
>I do not know if a chess program can "see" this or not...,
>but it is worth a try.... :-)

Chessmaster announces mate in 7 in 14 seconds on a PIII-600:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/3	12.05	529		1.Kb2 a4 2.Kc3 a3 3.g3+ Kh3 4.Bxg5
0:00	3/4	12.54	4125		1.Kb2 a4 2.Ka3 a5 3.Bxa5 g4 4.Kxa4
					Kg5
0:00	4/5	12.69	18893		1.Kb2 a4 2.Ka3 a5 3.Kb2 a3+ 4.Kxa3
					a4 5.Bxa4 Kh5
0:00	4/5	12.75	33132		1.Bxa5 g4 2.Bc2 Kg5 3.Bd2+ Kf6
					4.Bxh7 Ke5
0:00	5/6	12.92	61925		1.Bxa5 g4 2.Bc2 Kh5 3.Bd2 g3 4.Bxh7
0:01	5/6	13.18	101596		1.Kb2 a4 2.Bf3 a5 3.Bf6 a3+ 4.Kxa3
					a4 5.Nf2 Kg3 6.Ne4+ Kh2 7.Be5+
					Kg1 8.Kxa4
0:01	5/6	13.43	131622		1.a3 a4 2.Bf3 a5 3.Nf2 Kg3 4.Ne4+
					Kf4 5.Nxg5 Ke5 6.Bc7+ Kf5 7.Nxh7
0:03	6/7	13.43	358074		1.a3 a4 2.Bf3 a5 3.Nf2 Kg3 4.Ne4+
					Kf4 5.Nxg5 Ke5 6.Bc7+ Kf5 7.Nxh7
0:04	6/7	14.07	530299		1.Kb2 a4 2.Bf3 a5 3.Bf6 a3+ 4.Kxa3
					a4 5.g4 Kh3 6.Bxg5 Kh2 7.Bf4+ Kg1
					8.Be3+ Kh2 9.Kxa4
0:14	7/8	Mate07	1746985		1.Kb2 a4 2.Kc3 a3 3.Kd4 a5 4.Ke5
					a4 5.Kf6 g4 6.Kg7+ Kh5 7.Ng3#
0:24	8/9	Mate07	3102257		1.Kb2 a4 2.Kc3 a3 3.Kd4 a5 4.Ke5
					a4 5.Kf6 g4 6.Kg7+ Kh5 7.Ng3#

jm



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