Author: David Mitchell
Date: 02:06:58 10/08/05
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On October 07, 2005 at 23:07:51, Rob Basham wrote: >[D]8/6R1/1K6/2P5/8/4k3/Q7/8 w - - 0 1 > >I find about 8 or 9 different mate solutions.. > >Anyone here find more than 9 solutions? > >Or, just how many solutions are there that end in a mate? > >Thanks! > >Rob The material imbalance is so overwhelming, that any move by white could lead to a checkmate within the 50 move rule. So the set of possible first moves is large, consisting of every white move, then you have every possible black move (because none of them will prevent checkmate for many moves, when a draw becomes possible from the 50 move rule). The answer then, is that there are thousands of continuations which would lead to mate, here. Dave
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