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Subject: Re: Another tough mate in 5... or is it 4? (with analysis)

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 03:39:19 10/17/03

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On October 17, 2003 at 05:10:09, Lyn Harper wrote:

>On October 17, 2003 at 05:08:37, Lyn Harper wrote:
>
>>[D] 2br1R1R/8/1Ppp1br1/3B1k1P/Q1NP1P2/1N4BP/2P5/2Kn4 w - -
>>
>>   I got this one from the back pages of "Blackburne's Chess Games".
>> Interesting, because Blackburne himself claims a mate in 4.
>> This is his solution:
>>  1 Rh6 Rxh6
>>  2 Nc5 cd
>>  3 Qe8 Any
>>  4 white mates accordingly (his words).
>> I have'nt gone over it to find out where Blackburne went wrong, but
>> this is what CM9K with ss=0 has to say.
>>
>>  Lyn
>  Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>----	----	----	----		----
>0:00	3/3	23.93	4050		1.hxg6 Rxf8 2.Rxf8 cxd5 3.Nxd6+
>					Kxg6 4.Rxc8
>0:00	3/3	25.04	34510		1.Qxc6 Rxg3 2.Nxd6+ Kxf4 3.Rxf6+
>					Kg5 4.Ne4+ Kh4 5.Rxd8
>0:00	4/4	Mate09	90710		1.Qxc6 Rxg3 2.Rxf6+ Kxf6 3.Qc7
>					Rd7 4.Qxc8 Rgg7 5.Rf8+ Rgf7 6.Rxf7+
>					Rxf7 7.Qe6+ Kg7 8.Qxf7+ Kh6 9.Qg6#
>0:01	5/5	Mate07	429957		1.Qxc6 Rxg3 2.Rxf6+ Kxf6 3.Rxd8
>					Be6 4.Qxd6 Rg8 5.Qxe6+ Kg7 6.Rxg8+
>					Kh7 7.Be4#
>0:49	5/5	Mate06	1061070		1.Rh7 Be6 2.Bxe6+ Kxe6 3.Qxc6 Bg7
>					4.Qe4+ Kd7 5.Rf7+ Kc8 6.Qb7#
>0:52	6/6	Mate06	1285730		1.Rh7 Be6 2.Bxe6+ Kxe6 3.Qxc6 Bg7
>					4.Qe4+ Kd7 5.Rf7+ Kc8 6.Qb7#
>0:57	6/6	Mate05	2733438		1.Rh6 Bb7 2.Rxg6 cxd5 3.Rfxf6+
>					Ke4 4.Ncd2+ Ke3 5.Re6#
>0:58	7/7	Mate05	2929638		1.Rh6 Bb7 2.Rxg6 cxd5 3.Rfxf6+
>					Ke4 4.Ncd2+ Ke3 5.Re6#
>1:02	8/8	Mate05	4114710		1.Rh6 Bb7 2.Rxg6 cxd5 3.Rfxf6+
>					Ke4 4.Ncd2+ Ke3 5.Re6#
>1:11	9/9	Mate05	6343708		1.Rh6 Bb7 2.Rxg6 cxd5 3.Rfxf6+
>					Ke4 4.Ncd2+ Ke3 5.Re6#


it'a mate-in-5 accoding to Chest (which I believe) -- Black does not have to
recapture the rook after Rxh6 and delays the mate.



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