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Subject: Re: Mate in 14...!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:06:27 05/16/03

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On May 16, 2003 at 16:54:26, Art Basham wrote:

>Here white plays
>1. Rh8+...and mates in 14  moves...(at the most)...
>
>[D]r2q1rk1/pp2pp2/3pb3/3Qb2R/4P1p1/1BN1Bn2/PPP2P2/2K4R w - -
>
>After....BxR,
>
>2. Qxe6...!!

Because every move is either a check or a capture, it's a no-brainer for
Chessmaster 9000, announcing mate in 14 in one second:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	1.64	2132		1.Qxb7 Qd7 2.Qxd7 Bxd7
0:00	1/4	1.54	7516		1.Qxb7 Qc8 2.Qxe7 Bxc3 3.Bxe6 Qxe6
					4.Qxe6 fxe6 5.bxc3
0:00	1/4	4.80	19764		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7
0:00	1/5	5.53	31940		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7 e5 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Nd5+
					Kd7 10.Be8+ Kc8
0:00	1/6	16.69	81099		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+
					Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+
					Kf4 13.Rxb7
0:01	1/7	Mate14	145571		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+
					Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+
					Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3#
0:02	1/8	Mate14	342472		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+
					Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+
					Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3#
0:07	1/9	Mate14	1010863		1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.R8h7+ Kg8 3.Qxe6 fxe6
					4.Bxe6+ Rf7 5.Bxf7+ Kf8 6.Bh6+
					Bg7 7.Rxg7 e6 8.Rh7+ Ke7 9.Bh5+
					Kf6 10.Rf7+ Ke5 11.Bg7+ Qf6 12.Bxf6+
					Kf4 13.Bd4+ Kg5 14.Be3#

jm



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