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Subject: Re: Note that I haven't thoroughly checked it yet :)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:57:32 07/25/05

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On July 25, 2005 at 16:44:25, Jack Lad wrote:

>[d] 7k/4R1b1/6qp/2p1Q3/2Pp4/3P3P/5PPK/8 w
>1.Re8+ Kh7 2.Qe6 Qxe6 3.Rxe6 Bf8 4.Kg3 Kg7
>[d] 5b2/6k1/4R2p/2p5/2Pp4/3P2KP/5PP1/8 w
>5.Kg4 Kf7 6.Kf5 Kg7 7.Rc6 Kg8 8.Kg6 Kh8 9.Rc8 Kg8 10.f4 h5 11.h4 Kh8 12.Rxf8#
>1-0
>
>Please let me know if black can prolong the mate.  I will check this myself
>later.

Your line definitely isn't optimum. Black can even choose 3...Kg8 and The King
still can't find a reasonably short mate:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	3/10	7.39	71167		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.Kg3 Kg7 6.Kg4
					Kh7 7.f4 Kg7 8.g3 Be7
0:00	4/11	7.52	113277		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.Kg3 Kg7 6.Kg4
					Kh7 7.Kf5 Kg7 8.Rc7+ Kg8 9.f4 h5
0:00	5/12	7.52	246253		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.g4 Kf7 6.f4
					Kg7 7.f5 Be7 8.Rg6+ Kh7 9.Re6 Bg5
					10.Re8
0:01	6/13	7.58	473062		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.g4 Kf7 6.f4
					Kg7 7.Kg3 Be7 8.Re6 Bf6 9.h4 Kf7
					10.Rc6
0:02	7/14	7.71	1030440		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.g4 Kf7 6.f4
					Kg7 7.Kg3 Kf7 8.f5 Ke8 9.Kf4 Kd7
					10.Rb6 Bg7
0:05	8/15	7.79	2306047		3...Kg8 4.Rc6 Bf8 5.g4 Kf7 6.f4
					Kg8 7.Kg3 Kg7 8.f5 Be7 9.Rg6+ Kh7
					10.Kf4 Bh4 11.Ke4
0:10	9/16	8.05	4747168		3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Ra6 Bf8 6.Kg4
					Kg7 7.Kf5 Kg8 8.f4 Kf7 9.g4 Kg8
					10.Ra7 Bd6 11.Rd7 Bf8
0:19	10/17	8.16	8729368		3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Ra6 Bf8 6.Kg4
					Kg7 7.Kf5 Kg8 8.f4 Kf7 9.g4 Kg7
					10.Ra7+ Kg8 11.Rc7 Kh8 12.Rc8 Kg7
0:40	11/18	9.16	18486502	3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Ra6 Bf8 6.Kg4
					Kg7 7.Kf5 Be7 8.g4 h5 9.g5 Bf8
					10.Rh6 Kg8 11.Rxh5 Bg7 12.f4 Kf7
1:21	12/19	9.59	36451635	3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Rb6 Bf8 6.Kf4
					Ke8 7.Kf5 Kf7 8.Rb7+ Be7 9.g4 h5
					10.g5 Kf8 11.Kg6 Bd6 12.Kxh5 Be5
					13.h4
2:37	13/20	9.81	69937844	3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Rb6 Bf8 6.Kf4
					Ke8 7.Kf5 Kf7 8.Rb7+ Be7 9.Ke5
					Kf8 10.Ke6 Bh4 11.Rc7 Kg8 12.g3
					Bg5 13.Rxc5 Bd8 14.Kd5
5:34	14/21	10.18	145521108	3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Rc6 Bf8 6.Kf4
					Ke8 7.Ke5 Kd7 8.Ra6 h5 9.Kd5 h4
					10.Ra7+ Kd8 11.Ra8+ Ke7 12.Kxc5
					Bg7 13.Ra7+ Kf8 14.Kd6 Bh6 15.Ra8+
					Kf7 16.Kd5
14:17	15/22	10.82	349348419	3...Kg8 4.Kg3 Kf7 5.Rc6 Bf8 6.Kg4
					Ke8 7.Rc8+ Kf7 8.Kh5 Kg7 9.Rxf8
					Kxf8 10.Kxh6 Kg8 11.g4 Kh8 12.f4
					Kg8 13.f5 Kf7 14.Kh7 Kf6 15.h4
					Ke7 16.g5 Kf7 17.h5

jm



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