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Subject: Re: Mate in 10

Author: Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz

Date: 17:01:18 03/07/04

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On March 07, 2004 at 17:29:33, Art Basham wrote:

>[D]r4r1k/pbq3p1/1ppbpn1p/3p4/1P1B2NQ/P1P5/2B3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
>
>See if your program can announce a mate in 10 at move one...
>beginning with 1. RxN...etc.
>
>(BxN may also be a win, not sure),,,


Mate in 10? I hope you're right, because without programs such as ChessMaster,
checkmate doesn't seem to be that close.. .after hours of evaluation. Mate in
one ply you said?

A "quick" analysis with Ruffian 1.05 (to pick one) points to Nxh6 instead of RxN
or BxN.
I guess this is the typical position where you can play against a weak player
and checkmate him/her in a few moves. I doubt it's so easy with a strong engine.
If you can provide the PV, I'll be more than surprised.

Regards,


  Jaime



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