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Subject: Re: Mate in 5......Dedicated test...Thanks John.....NT

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 11:31:22 03/13/05

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On March 13, 2005 at 14:29:27, John Merlino wrote:

>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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