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Subject: Re: Which is better?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 13:28:06 04/24/05

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On April 24, 2005 at 15:05:41, John Merlino wrote:

>On April 24, 2005 at 14:31:52, Jack Lad wrote:
>
>>[d] 6nr/p2rkp1n/1pQRq1pp/1N2P3/8/4BN1P/PPP2PP1/2K4R w
>>
>>1.Nc7 or Nfd4?
>>
>>Or can they both mate in the same number of moves?
>
>Playing through the lines, it appears that:
>
>1.Nc7 is a Mate in 9.
>
>1.Nfd4 is a Mate in 11.
>
>jm

3 best moves from ChessMaster 10 (AMD@3000+)

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
9:38	1/13	Mate09	233251425	1.Nc7 Rxc7 2.Qxc7+ Kf8 3.Rxe6 Kg7
					4.Nh4 Ng5 5.Bxg5 Ne7 6.Bf6+ Kh7
					7.Qxe7 Rf8 8.Qxf8 fxe6 9.Qg7#
10:36	1/13	Mate11	259792029	1.Rxe6+ fxe6 2.Rd1 Ngf6 3.Rxd7+
					Nxd7 4.Qd6+ Ke8 5.Nc7+ Kd8 6.Nxe6+
					Ke8 7.Ng7+ Kd8 8.e6 Nf6 9.Bf4 Rg8
					10.Qc7+ Ke7 11.Bd6#
15:29	1/13	Mate11	377499702	1.Nfd4 Qxe5 2.Rxd7+ Kf8 3.Nd6 Ng5
					4.Bxg5 Ne7 5.Qf3 Qxg5+ 6.Kb1 Qd5
					7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.Rxf7+ Kg8 9.Ne6 Nc3+
					10.bxc3 Rh7 11.Rf8#





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