Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:16:01 06/17/02
Here's an amusing little Mate in 9 King chase that I had when testing Chessmaster 9000: [D]r6r/ppp1bQpp/2k1B1q1/4P3/4p3/2P1B3/PP3P1P/2K2R2 w - - 0 20 Chessmaster announces Mate in 10 in three seconds on my PIII-600, then switches to Mate in 9 after ten seconds: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 5.29 2701 20.Qxe7 b6 21.Qd7+ Kb7 22.Bd5+ Kb8 23.Bxa8 Kxa8 24.Qxc7 0:00 1/3 5.65 5976 20.Rd1 b6 21.Qxe7 Kb7 22.Bd5+ Kb8 23.Bxa8 Kxa8 24.Qxc7 0:00 1/4 5.19 11659 20.Rd1 b6 21.Qxe7 Rhd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Qxd8 Qxe6 24.Qa8+ Kb5 25.Qxe4 Qxa2 26.Qxh7 0:01 2/5 14.85 74968 20.Rd1 b6 21.Bd5+ Kb5 22.Qxe7 Qd6 23.exd6 Raf8 24.Bxe4 0:01 2/6 15.35 145320 20.Rd1 b6 21.Bd5+ Kb5 22.Qxe7 Qd6 23.exd6 c6 24.c4+ Ka6 25.Bxc6 0:03 3/7 Mate10 374294 20.Rd1 b6 21.Bd5+ Kb5 22.Bc4+ Ka5 23.Qxe7 c5 24.Qd7 a6 25.b4+ cxb4 26.Rd5+ b5 27.Rxb5+ Ka4 28.Rxb4+ Ka5 29.Qa4# 0:10 3/8 Mate09 1098190 20.Rd1 b6 21.Bd5+ Kb5 22.Bc4+ Ka5 23.Qd5+ Bc5 24.Bxc5 Qg5+ 25.Kc2 Qd2+ 26.Rxd2 bxc5 27.Qxc5+ Ka4 28.Qb4# Since four of the nine moves are not checking moves, can anybody else do better? jm
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