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Subject: Re: Hard K+P ending position

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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