Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:30:05 04/06/05
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On April 06, 2005 at 14:30:57, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On April 06, 2005 at 14:20:29, Pedro Castro wrote: > >>Is mate? >> >>[D] r2q1rk1/ppp2p2/3pn3/3Np1pn/2B1P3/3PQP2/PPP2P2/1K1R2R1 w - - 0 18 >> >>Cxc7!! >> >>black? >> >>Pedro Castro > > > Hi Pedro > I can't see a mate after 1.Nxc7! Nhf4! > Kurt Kurt is correct. If Black captures the Knight with 1...Nxc7, then it is a Mate in 7. If 1...Qxc7, then I guess roughly (after playing through several lines) that there is a Mate in 20-25 (or so) available. But 1...Nhf4 (among other moves) appears to prevent mate a little (or a lot) longer. But 1.Nxc7 is a nice winning move. jm
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