Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:22:21 03/03/05
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On March 03, 2005 at 20:36:21, Rob Basham wrote: >[D]2r5/p4p2/1p3Nk1/4Q3/8/P7/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1 > >there is a mate in 6 > >Five different mates in 7 > >a mate in 8 >and a mate in 9 > >and maybe more solutions...! >:-) > >rob Well, unfortunately, all of the above is incorrect. According to Chessmaster, there are: two mate in 5 moves, seven mate in 6 moves, twelve mate in 7 moves, nine mate in 8 moves, five mate in 9 moves, and 7 moves that lead to a forced mate for Black in three or less moves. The problem is that there is such a big material advantage for White, that practically ANY move leads to a win -- even utterly silly moves like Ra1! jm
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