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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 09:36:39 04/18/02

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On April 18, 2002 at 12:18:43, John Merlino wrote:

>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.


By "one and only" I mean there is only one FIRST move (the "key") that leads to
mate in 9.  (Rarely would you see one and only one variation!)

In a composed problem, that's what makes it "correct" and not "cooked".



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