Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:13:05 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),,,
I left it it run for over 45 minutes and it was failing high...
I believe it's at least a mate-in 16 ( may be shorter , may have other
solutions)
white black
1 Nxh6 e5
2 Nf7+ Kg8
3 Rxf6 Rxf7
4 Qh7+ Kf8
5 Qh8+ Ke7
6 Rxf7+ Ke6
7 Qh3+ Kxf7
8 Rf1+ Ke7
9 Qh4+ Kd7
10 Bf5+ Ke8
11 Bg6+ Kd7
12 Rf7+ Kc8
13 Qh8+ Bf8
14 Qxf8+ Qd8
15 Bf5+ Kb8
16 Bxe5# ...
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