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Subject: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR

Author: John Wentworth2

Date: 07:36:57 02/24/03

Below is a chess problem from the 1986 fall/winter edition of Computer Chess
Reports.

The dedicated units of the time(outlined below) were unable to solve it. I am
sure todays programs could find it quickly.

Mephisto "S"
Avant-Garde
Expert 6.0
Mephisto III
Forte
Quattro 4.0
Turbostar 540+
Par Excellence/Avant-Garde 2100
Excellence 4.0

The article also mentioned they gave the problem to Garry Kasparov but it
doesn't say if he solved it.

White to move, Mate in 10

8/8/4k3/2K1N1B1/5Pp1/8/2B2P1p/6n1 w


SOLUTION:

1. Ba4 Kf5 2.Bd7+ Ke4 3.Be8 Kf5 4.Bg6+ Ke6 5.Bh5 Kf5 6.Bg4+ Ke4 7.Bd1 Kf5 8.Bc2+
Ke6 9.f5+ Ke5 10.f4 mate

Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR Angelo Ciavarella 08:27:45 02/25/03
Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR Terry McCracken 14:04:16 02/24/03
Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR James T. Walker 13:54:28 02/24/03
Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR m.d.hurd 10:01:44 02/24/03
- Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR Mike Byrne 21:09:49 02/24/03
Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR Timothy J. Frohlick 08:26:35 02/24/03
Re: MATE IN 10 - Unsolved problem from 1986 CCR Michael Diosi 08:26:04 02/24/03

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