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Subject: Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:18:43 04/18/02

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On April 18, 2002 at 12:09:17, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 18, 2002 at 09:44:40, Art Basham wrote:
>
>>I wonder what program is the first to find
>>1. Qa8...?!
>>
>>[D]3Q4/3p4/P2p4/N2b4/8/4P3/5p1p/5Kbk w - - bm Qa8; id Quick-03;
>
>
>CHEST finds the (one and only) mate in 9 in just a few seconds:
>
>3Q4/3p4/P2p4/N2b4/8/4P3/5p1p/5Kbk w - - acn 1306981; acs 5; bm Qa8; ce 32750; dm
> 9; pv Qa8 Bxa8 Nb7 d5 Nd6 d4 e4 Bc6 a7 Bb5+ Nxb5 d3 e5 d2 a8=Q+ d5 exd6ep#;

Incorrect, there are many Mate in 9 sequences -- see my post for three of them.

jm

• Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...! Roy Eassa 09:36:39 04/18/02
  • Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...! John Merlino 10:14:06 04/18/02
    • Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...! Mike S. 10:45:51 04/18/02
      • Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...! Roy Eassa 11:34:19 04/18/02

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