Author: G.M. Yates
Date: 11:20:21 10/06/03
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On October 06, 2003 at 13:24:08, Dann Corbit wrote: >On October 06, 2003 at 10:13:16, G.M. Yates wrote: > >>On October 06, 2003 at 04:27:26, George Tsavdaris wrote: >> >>>On October 06, 2003 at 00:09:57, G.M. Yates wrote: >>> >>>>For Humans Only! >>>> >>>>Mates are usually too easy for computers! >>>> >>>[D]r4r2/2p2pk1/b1n1pN2/p1p1P1B1/2p5/5R2/PPB3PP/RN4K1 w - - 0 1 >>> >>>I would play Rg3, but as i see this is not the correct solution. >>>Correct is Bh6+ and as always, after i see the right move i say "Oh too >>>easy! I could find it if i analyse more carefully." But the truth is even if >>>i spent all day, i will not find it. >> >>Solution. >> >>20.Bh6+! Kxh6 [ 20...Kh8 21.Rh3 and mate next.] 21.Rh3+ Kg5 [ 21...Kg7 22.Rh7 >>mate] 22.Rh5+ Kf4 23.Kf2! 23...Rg8 24.g3+ Rxg3 25.hxg3 mate. >> >> >>I'll look for mates, that even our computers won't solve, at least not easily, >>if not at all, and post them in the future. >> >>Naturally, only if people are interested. I suspect there are very strong >>players at this site who will enjoy the challenge;-) > >I like to at least try (or ask myself what move I would make). Sorry, but the _key_ move was already given away by another poster, otherwise I wouldn't have posted the entire solution. > >Here is the output from Chest (a mate solver by Heiner Marxen): >r4r2/2p2pk1/b1n1pN2/p1p1P1B1/2p5/5R2/PPB3PP/RN4K1 w - - acn 1180485; acs 11; bm >Bh6+; ce 32756; dm 6; pv Bh6+ Kxh6 Rh3+ Kg5 Rh5+ Kf4 Kf2 Rg8 g3+ Rxg3 hxg3#;
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