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Subject: Re: Mate in 26!!

Author: Ignacio Santos Crespo

Date: 15:27:10 12/17/02

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On December 17, 2002 at 17:46:36, John Merlino wrote:

>On December 17, 2002 at 17:27:04, Ignacio Santos Crespo wrote:
>
>>I'm sorry. It's mate in 26!!
>>
>>On December 17, 2002 at 13:45:41, Ignacio Santos Crespo wrote:
>>
>>>I think that it's a Mate in 27.
>
>Prove it.
>
>What's the main line? What are the shorter mating lines for all of Black's
>options?
>
>jm

1. Rxg7 Kxg7 2. Rh3 f6 3. Qxh6+ Kf7 4. Qh5+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kf8 6. Qxg6 and then:
a) 6... Rh7 7. Rxh7 Qxh7 8. Qxh7 Bxe4 9. Qh8+ Kf7 10. Qxf6+ Ke8 11. Qxe6+ Kf8
12. Qf6+ Ke8 13. e6 Rd7 14. ed7+ Kxd7 15. Qf7+  etc.
b) 6... Rf7 7. Th8+ Ke7 8. ef6+ Kd7 9. Qxf7+ Kc8 10. Qxe6+ Kb8 11. Rxd8+ Qxd8
12. f7 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Kc7 (13... cd4) 14. Qf4+  etc.



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