Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 04:31:01 07/18/04
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On July 17, 2004 at 23:54:49, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >[D]3qk3/8/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1 > >White to play and mate. > >Is this a joke or real? > >Stuart Here is a mate in 11: 1.e2-e4 Qd8-g5 2.d2-d4 Qg5-g6 3. Qd1-f3 Qg6-d6 4.Bf1-b5+ Ke8-d8 5.Nb1-c3 Qd6-e7 6.Nc3-d5 Qe7-b4+ 7.Nd5xb4 Kd8-c7 8.Nb4-a6+ Kc7-b7 9.Qf3-f7+ Kb7-b6 10.c2-c4 Kb6-a5 11.Qf7-c7# After 1.e2-e4 Qd8-g5 2.d2-d4 Qg5-g6 I could verify that a Mate in 9 exist, don't know whether there are better defending moves for black in the first and second move. I think CM will solve it in about 12 hours on a modern CPU. regards Joachim
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