Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 06:13:21 05/02/04
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On May 02, 2004 at 00:31:53, James T. Walker wrote:
>On May 01, 2004 at 18:14:18, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On May 01, 2004 at 13:16:34, Rob Basham wrote:
>>
>>>[D]k1b5/Pp1p4/1P1Pp3/4Pp2/5Pp1/6P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>This is a neat puzzle from
>>>David Norwood's book...
>>>"Chess Puzzles"...
>>>
>>>Let's See if any program ann. a mate....etc.
>>
>>I don't think that you can mate in 22, but according to my calculation it is
>>mate in 28
>
I see mate in 26. You are correct it is mate in 26
[Event "Shootout (Shredder8, Blitz:40'+3") "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1b5/Pp1p4/1P1Pp3/4Pp2/5Pp1/6P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. h3 {[%eval 91,33] [%emt 0:01:41]} gxh3 {[%eval 85,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Kh1
{[%eval 90,31] [%emt 0:01:32]} h2 {[%eval 90,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g4 {
[%eval 190,32] [%emt 0:00:20]} fxg4 {[%eval 88,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Kxh2 {
(a4) [%eval 190,31] [%emt 0:01:58]} g3+ {[%eval 0,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Kg1 {
(Kh1) [%eval 244,32] [%emt 0:01:54]} g2 {[%eval 244,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 6. f5 {
[%eval 1093,31] [%emt 0:00:52]} exf5 {[%eval 1093,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Kxg2 {
[%eval 32616,30] [%emt 0:01:17]} f4 {[%eval 32617,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. a4 {
[%eval 32617,30] [%emt 0:01:29]} f3+ {[%eval 32618,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Kf1 {
[%eval 32617,30] [%emt 0:00:52]} f2 {[%eval 32618,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 10. e6 {
[%eval 32617,29] [%emt 0:01:08]} dxe6 {[%eval 32618,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Kxf2
{[%eval 32617,28] [%emt 0:01:44]} Bd7 {(e5) [%eval 32617,28] [%emt 0:00:46]}
12. a5 {[%eval 32617,27] [%emt 0:01:59]} e5 {
(Bc6) [%eval 32617,24] [%emt 0:03:29]} 13. Kf3 {[%eval 32617,21] [%emt 0:00:57]
} Bc6+ {(Bf5) [%eval 32754,20] [%emt 0:01:48]} 14. Ke3 {
[%eval 32754,21] [%emt 0:00:51]} e4 {[%eval 32755,27] [%emt 0:08:40]} 15. Kf4 {
[%eval 32755,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} e3 {[%eval 32756,24] [%emt 0:02:31]} 16. Kxe3
{[%eval 32756,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {(Bb5) [%eval 32757,23] [%emt 0:01:50]}
17. Kf4 {[%eval 32757,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {
(Be8) [%eval 32758,23] [%emt 0:00:51]} 18. Kg5 {[%eval 32758,17] [%emt 0:00:00]
} Bg4 {(Bd7) [%eval 32759,22] [%emt 0:01:06]} 19. Kf6 {
[%eval 32759,15] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {(Bf5) [%eval 32760,21] [%emt 0:00:50]}
20. Ke7 {[%eval 32760,13] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {
(Bc8) [%eval 32761,22] [%emt 0:01:02]} 21. Kd8 {[%eval 32761,11] [%emt 0:00:00]
} Bf5 {(Bb5) [%eval 32762,20] [%emt 0:00:18]} 22. Kc7 {
[%eval 32762,9] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bc8 {[%eval 32763,19] [%emt 0:00:33]} 23. a6 {
[%eval 32763,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} bxa6 {[%eval 32764,18] [%emt 0:01:03]} 24. d7 {
[%eval 32764,5] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {(Bxd7) [%eval 32765,16] [%emt 0:00:16]}
25. d8=R+ {[%eval 32765,3] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bc8 {[%eval 32766,7] [%emt 0:00:00]}
26. Rxc8# {[%eval 32766,1] [%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0
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