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Subject: Re: Solution ----->

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 11:13:10 10/25/02

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On October 20, 2002 at 05:21:51, Joachim Rang wrote:

>On October 20, 2002 at 04:56:03, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>
>>1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2  #9/15  4
>>7.Be4  #9/14  2  e1N  #8/10  2  8.Bd5  #8/11  1  c2  #7/8  2
>>9.Bc4  #7/7  8  c1N  #6/8  2  10.Bb5  #6/7  2  Nc6  #5/7  2
>>11.Bxc6  #5/5  1  Nc7  #4/5  1  12.Ba4  #4/6  1  Nc2  #3/5  1
>>13.Bxc2  #3/4  1  Ne2  #2/4  1  14.Bd1  #2/3  1  Nd5  #1/2  1
>>15.Bxe2# #1/2
>>
>>I am very impressed that Hiarcs was able to find the most important lines in the
>>post below!
>>
>>To me this is one of the most beautyful positions i have ever seen, hope you
>>enjoyed it too.
>>
>>Regards
>>Jonas
>
>yes it's incredible!
>
>But it's not a forced mate, black is not allowed to play the night fork on f7
>and has to escape with it's king.That looses too, but not in a forced mate.
>
>I really wonder, that Hiarcs sees this on depth 16...




1.Nf6+ Kg7

   [1...Kg6? 2.Bh5+ +-]

2.Nh5+ Kg6

   [2...Kf7? 3.d8Q +-]

3.Bc2+!!

   [3.Nf4+ Kf5 -+ (Black can also repeat with 3...Kg7 =)]

   [3.d8N Ba5 -+]

3...Kxh5

   [3...Kf7 4.d8Q forces mate]

4.d8Q! Nf7+

   [4...Kg4 5.Kc6 e2
      (5...Nf3 6.Qg8+ +-)
      (5...Kxg3 6.Qd6+ Kg2 7.Qxh6 +-)
      (5...Kf3 6.Bd1+ +-)
    6.Qe8 Nb8+ 7.Kc7 Na6+ 8.Kb6 Kf3 9.Bd3 +-]

5.Ke6! Nxd8+ 6.Kf5! e2 {forced}

7.Be4 e1N {forced}

8.Bd5 c2

   [8...Nb8 9.Bc4 forces mate]

9.Bc4 c1N {forced}

10.Bb5 Nc6

   [10...Nc7 11.Ba4 forces mate!]

11.Bxc6 Nc7 12.Ba4 and mates!



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