Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:24:26 06/29/03
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On June 29, 2003 at 20:07:52, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>With a bit of backward analysis, I get:
>
> 9156293 23.295 Mat41 25. 1.Kh2 Kg4 2.f3+ Kg5 3.g4 Kh4 4.Kh1 h5 5.gxh5
> Kxh5 {EGTB} 6.Kg1! Kg5! 7.Kf1! Kf5! 8.Ke1! Kg5
> 9.Ke2! Kf4! 10.Kf2!! f6! 11.Ke2 Kg3! 12.Kf1!!
> Kf4! 13.Kf2! f5! 14.Ke2!! Kg3! 15.Kf1!! Kh4!
> 16.Kf2! f4! 17.Ke2 Kg3! 18.Kf1!! Kh4! 19.Kf2!
> Kg5! 20.Ke2! Kf5 21.Kd3! Ke5! 22.Kc4! Ke6
> 23.Kd4! Kf5! 24.Kd5! Kf6 25.Ke4! Kf7 26.Kxf4!
> Ke6! 27.g3 Kf6 28.g4! Kg6 29.g5! Kg7 30.Kf5!
> Kf7! 31.g6+! Kg7 32.Kg5! Kf8! 33.Kf6! Ke8!
> 34.g7! Kd8 35.g8=Q+ Kc7! 36.Qd5 Kb8 37.Qd7 Ka8
> 38.Ke6 Kb8 39.Kd6 Ka8 40.Kc6 Kb8 41.Qb7#! {1081}
>
>I certainly do not want to say, that this is the fastest mate - but at least it
>is a mate score from the root position ... That score can be consired as proven
>(White gets at least a mate in 41, perhaps faster).
>
>I slightly doubt Mike's mate in 15.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter
You misunderstood what I was trying to say . I was not saying mate-in 15 from
the root. Perhaps I did not express myself well there - but your analysis looks
good.
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