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Subject: Re: Mate in 8 or 9...How many posibilities...?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 18:57:51 10/27/05

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On October 26, 2005 at 22:51:08, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]rn1n1rk1/ppqp1p1p/b2p2p1/8/2P1B2N/1P3N1R/PQ3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Ruffian 1.0.1 announces mate in 10 in about 92 sec....P3/850
>
>Any engine ann. a mate in about 30 seconds?
>
>Nf5 wins and also
>Bxg6 wins...
>maybe more posibilities......:-)

Chest 3.19 output shows that the best move (Bxg6) is a mate in 8, and that no
other move is also a mate in 8.  It took Chest 36 minutes to resolve it.

rn1n1rk1/ppqp1p1p/b2p2p1/8/2P1B2N/1P3N1R/PQ3PPP/3R2K1 w - - acn 773994981; acs
2165; bm Bxg6; ce 32752; dm 8; pv Bxg6 f6 Bxh7+ Kh8 Nf5 Rf7 Bg6+ Kg8 Bxf7+ Kxf7
Rh6 d5 Qxf6+ Kg8 Ne7#;



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