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Subject: Re: Mateproblem (9 or 10)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:10:54 03/21/05

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On March 21, 2005 at 11:27:34, F. vd Muysenberg wrote:

>[D]rnbq1r1k/pppp1p1p/3n1Pp1/6N1/2B2Q2/8/PB3PPP/R4K1R w - - 0 1
>
>10 for sure, but 9 ?
>
>What do the engines/matefinders think?
>
>Frank

Bd3 is a Mate in 9, according to CM9 Yoda v2.5 on a P4-2.4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	0.16	14474		1.Ba3 Kg8 2.Bxd6 cxd6 3.Qxd6 h6
					4.Nf3
0:00	1/5	2.74	32963		1.Nxh7 Nf5 2.Nxf8 Qxf8 3.Kg1 d6
0:00	1/6	2.86	45332		1.Nxh7 Nf5 2.Nxf8 Qxf8 3.Kg1 Nc6
					4.Qxc7
0:00	1/7	2.68	68625		1.Nxh7 Nf5 2.Nxf8 Qxf8 3.Qxc7 Nc6
					4.Kg1 Nd6
0:00	1/8	2.78	122830		1.Nxh7 Nf5 2.Nxf8 Qxf8 3.Qxc7 Nc6
					4.a3 Qc5 5.Bxf7
0:02	1/8	4.30	475232		1.Nxf7+ Rxf7 2.Bxf7 Qf8 3.Bxg6
					Nf7 4.Qh4 Qg8 5.Re1 d5 6.Bxh7
0:02	1/9	4.97	572507		1.Nxf7+ Rxf7 2.Bxf7 Qf8 3.Bxg6
					Nf7 4.Qh4 Qg8 5.Re1 b6 6.Bxh7 Qf8
0:05	1/9	9.10	1060683		1.Bd3 Nf5 2.Bxf5 d5 3.Qh4 h5 4.Bxg6
					Bg4 5.Bxh5 Kg8 6.Bxg4
0:07	1/10	Mate10	1716625		1.Bd3 h5 2.Ne6 Kh7 3.Bc1 Kg8 4.Qh6
					Nf5 5.Bxf5 Qxf6 6.Qxf8+ Kh7 7.Ng5+
					Qxg5 8.Bxg5 gxf5 9.Qxf7+ Kh8 10.Bf6#
0:10	1/11	Mate10	2606251		1.Bd3 Rg8 2.Qh4 h5 3.Bxg6 fxg6
					4.f7+ Rg7 5.Qd4 Nf5 6.Qf6 Qf8 7.Qxg6
					Ne3+ 8.fxe3 Qxf7+ 9.Nxf7+ Kg8 10.Qxg7#
0:14	2/12	Mate09	3967380		1.Bd3 Rg8 2.Qh4 h5 3.Bxg6 fxg6
					4.f7+ Rg7 5.Qd4 Nf5 6.Re1 Qf8 7.Re8
					Nxd4 8.Rxf8+ Rg8 9.fxg8=Q#
0:56	2/13	Mate09	16978288	1.Bd3 Rg8 2.Qh4 h5 3.Bxg6 fxg6
					4.f7+ Rg7 5.Qd4 Nf5 6.Re1 Qf8 7.Re8
					Nxd4 8.Rxf8+ Rg8 9.fxg8=Q#

Additionally, Nxh7 is a mate in no more than 13 moves.

jm



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