Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 20:43:42 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 23:34:22, John Merlino wrote: >On June 24, 2003 at 21:29:45, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>Here is a game I found off of http://www.freechess.org/Ladder >> >>Here is the mate line I came up with.. >> >>23.Nc7+ Ka7 24.Bxa6 bxa6 25.Rxc6 Bxc6 26.Qa5 Qd4 57.Qxa6+ Kb8 28.Qxc6 Qxf4 >>29.Na6+ Ka7 30.Nc5 Rd7 31.Re3 Qxe3 32.Qxd7+ Kb6 33.Na4+ Ka5 34.fxe3 Rb8 >>35.a3 g3 36.b4+ Rxb4 37.Qa7+ Kb5 38.Qb7+ Kc4 39.Qxb4+ Kd3 39.Qxb4+ Kd3 >>40.Qd4+ Kc2 41.Qc3+ Kd1 42.Kf1 gxh2 43.Nb2# > >The initial position: >[D]k2r3r/1p1b1pq1/p1n1p2n/1N1p4/5Bpp/3B4/PP1Q1PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 23 > >There seems to be only two "issues" with your line: >1) Chessmaster 9000 (and probably most other strong programs), depending on the >time control and the hardware, might let you keep the pawn after 24.Bxa6 and >play something like 24...g3, which is also lost. Human players, on the other >hand.... > >But there is a forced mate in there as well, so you can have some more fun with >your analysis! For example, after 24...g3, Chessmaster 9000 says there is a >forced mate in 15 moves (or less). I leave it as an exercise to the author. :-) > >The position in question: > >[D]3r3r/kpNb1pq1/B1n1p2n/3p4/5Bpp/8/PP1Q1PPP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 24 > >2) White can improve on your line by one move with 38.Qc5+! Ka6 (38...Kxa4 >39.Qxb4#) 39.Qxb4 Ka7 40.Nc5 gxh2+ 41.Kh1 Ka8 42.Qb7# > >Very entertaining game! > >jm Excellent, thanks for the analysis. Will look into it a bit more
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