Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 16:49:00 10/03/04
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On October 03, 2004 at 19:39:39, David Dahlem wrote: >[D]8/1k6/3KN3/8/2p5/2N5/8/8 w - - 0 1 > >Could someone check this position with egtb to verify if this proposed solution >is correct? > >1. Kc5 Ka7 2. Kc6 Ka6 3. Nf4 Ka7 4. Kc7 Ka6 5.Nfd5 Ka5 6.Kd6 Ka6 7.Kc6 Ka5 8.Kc5 >Ka6 9.Ne7 Kb7 10.Kd6 Kb8 11.Kd7 Ka8 12.Kc7 Ka7 13.Kc6 Ka6 14.Nc8 Ka5 15.Kc5 Ka6 >16.Nd6 Ka5 17.Nb7+ Ka6 18.Kc6 Ka7 19.Nc5 Kb8 20.Kd7 Ka7 21.Kc7 Ka8 22.Nb5 c3 >23.Nd7 c2 24.Nb6# > >Can any engine find this without tablebases? > >Regards >Dave White(1): 8/1k6/3KN3/8/2p5/2N5/8/8 w - - 0 1 1. Kc5! Ka7! 2. Kc6! Ka6! 3. Nc7+ Ka5 4. N7d5! Ka6 5. Kc7 Ka5! 6. Kd7 Ka6 7. Kc6! Ka5! 8. Kc5! Ka6 9. Ne7! Kb7! 10. Kd6! Kb8! 11. Kd7! Ka8! 12. Kc7! Ka7 13. Nc8+ Ka6! 14. Kc6! Ka5 15. Kc5! Ka6 16. Nd6! Ka5! 17. Nb7+! Ka6 18. Kc6! Ka7 19. Nc5! Kb8! 20. Kd7! Ka7 21. Kc7! Ka8 22. Nb5! c3 23. Nd7 c2 24. Nb6# The exclamation points are best single move to either quickest mate or to hold off mate.
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