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Subject: Re: Mate in about 10

Author: Martin Baumung

Date: 01:08:55 05/13/04

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On May 12, 2004 at 16:11:59, John Merlino wrote:

>CM_SKR on an AMD 2500 announces mate in 11 in 0:02, and upgrades to mate in 10
>after 0:11.
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	4.68	1747		1.Qc7 O-O 2.Rxe7 Rdd8 3.Qxb7 Qxb7
>					4.Rxb7
>0:00	1/4	4.65	8191		1.Qc7 O-O 2.Rxe7 Rdd8 3.Qxb7 Qc4
>0:00	1/5	5.07	19885		1.Qc7 O-O 2.Rxe7 Rdd8 3.f6 Bh6
>					4.Qg3+ Kh7 5.Rxb7
>0:00	1/5	6.74	36065		1.Rxe7+ Kxe7 2.f6+ Bxf6 3.Qc7+
>					Ke8 4.Re3+ Kf8 5.Qxd6+ Kg8 6.Qxf6
>0:00	1/6	9.86	95561		1.Rxe7+ Kxe7 2.Qc7+ Kf8 3.f6 Bxf6
>					4.Qxd6+ Be7 5.Qb8+ Kg7 6.Qe5+ Kh6
>					7.Qxh8+ Kg6 8.Qg8+ Kh6 9.Rxf7
>0:01	1/7	12.42	549113		1.Rxe7+ Kf8 2.Qc7 Kg8 3.Rxf7 Rh7
>					4.Qe7 Qe2 5.Rxg7+ Rxg7 6.Qxe2
>0:02	1/8	Mate11	1020395		1.Rxe7+ Kf8 2.Qc7 Kg8 3.Rxf7 Bxd4+
>					4.cxd4 Qf1+ 5.Rxf1 Rh7 6.Rf8+ Kxf8
>					7.Ne6+ Rxe6 8.fxe6+ Kg8 9.Qc8+
>					Kg7 10.Qf8+ Kg6 11.Qf6#
>0:05	1/9	Mate11	2076026		1.Rxe7+ Kf8 2.Qc7 Qe2 3.Ne6+ Kg8
>					4.Re8+ Kh7 5.Ng5+ Kh6 6.Nxf7+ Kh7
>					7.Ng5+ Kh6 8.Qxd6+ Qe6 9.Qxe6+
>					Kxg5 10.Qg6+ Kh4 11.Qg3#
>0:11	1/10	Mate10	4346857		1.Rxe7+ Kf8 2.Qc7 Qe2 3.Ne6+ Kg8
>					4.Rxf7 Bxd4+ 5.cxd4 Qd1+ 6.Rf1
>					Qxd4+ 7.Kh1 Rd7 8.Rxd7 Qg1+ 9.Rxg1
>					Rh7 10.Qb8#
>0:25	1/11	Mate10	10426374	1.Rxe7+ Kf8 2.Qc7 Qe2 3.Ne6+ Kg8
>					4.Rxf7 Bxd4+ 5.cxd4 Qd1+ 6.Rf1
>					Qxd4+ 7.Kh1 Rd7 8.Rxd7 Qg1+ 9.Rxg1
>					Rh7 10.Qb8#
>
>jm

Hi John,

actually black's move 1. ..Kf8 is not optimal. Thereafter white can mate black
within a total of 9 moves only.

1.Re1xe7+ Ke8-f8 2.Qa5-c7 Bg7xd4+ 3.c3xd4 Qb5-e2 4.Nc5-e6+ Qe2xe6 5.f5xe6 Kf8-g7
6.Rf3-g3+ Kg7-h6 7.Re7xf7 h5-h4 8.Rf7-f6+ Kh6-h5 9.Qc7-f7#

1. ..Kxe7 is the only move to reach a mate in 10.

Cheers,

Martin



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