Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:27:27 11/24/02
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On November 24, 2002 at 14:24:42, Alastair Scott wrote: >An interesting variant is with a black pawn on a6: > >[D]1r4r1/3q1npk/p1b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1 > >Methinks this would make the time to find much shorter as it stops the mass >sacrifice of both Black Rooks and Queen, pushing the mate back ... ? Definitely easier. Chessmaster 9000 announces Mate in 9 in less than one second: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 -2.37 1417 1.h5 Ne5 2.hxg6+ Nxg6 3.Rxa6 0:00 1/4 -1.81 9580 1.h5 Nh8 2.hxg6+ Nxg6 3.Qxf3 Ra8 4.Nxa6 0:00 1/4 0.00 12355 1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kf4 5.Bg3+ Kg4 6.Bf2+ 0:00 1/5 0.00 16072 1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kf4 5.Bg3+ Kg4 6.Bf2+ 0:00 1/6 Mate09 37658 1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Bh3 f2 8.Ra1+ f1=Q 9.Rxf1# 0:01 1/7 Mate09 57197 1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Bh3 f2 8.Ra1+ f1=Q 9.Rxf1# jm
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