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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