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Subject: Re: Mate in 5......Dedicated test

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:29:27 03/13/05

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On March 13, 2005 at 14:13:13, Rob Basham wrote:

>On March 13, 2005 at 13:45:12, Steve B wrote:
>
>>On March 13, 2005 at 12:49:19, Rob Basham wrote:
>>
>>>[D]r1b3k1/1p2q2p/p5pP/4p3/1PP3r1/4Q1P1/P3N3/3RKR2 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Some vintage chess models have trouble finding...
>>>1. Rd8+...!
>>>
>>>Novag VIP......2 min. 39 sec.
>>>
>>>Excellence.......8 min.
>>>
>>>Par Excellence......4:49
>>>
>>>Mondial..........3:52
>>>
>>>Novag Scorpio.......level 4.......1 min. 9 sec.
>>>
>>>Cougar............6 ply......23.5 sec.
>>>
>>>Mach 3............10.4 seconds
>>>
>>>RISC................3 ply..........2 sec....!
>>>
>>>Portarose.............................2 sec.
>>
>>SR does NOT find the mate!
>>i had to invoke the 5 minute Cerfew
>>it starts off with Qc5 and doggedly sticks with it to the bitter end
>>sigh..
>>
>>Steve
>
>That's OK...
>It looks like there are TWO solutions...both ways mate in 5...
>
>Sorry, I did not know this...:-)
>
>regards
>Rob

Confirmed. Those two moves both lead to Mate in 5.

jm



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