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Subject: Re: Good Test........for .Engines or the Dedicated... Mate in 15

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 22:54:00 11/17/05

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On November 17, 2005 at 22:05:15, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
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>Nxg7 is good, but Bxf6 is better....:-)
>
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>White was Keres in 1934....played Bxf6!
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>Fritz 7 .....45 sec. P3/850
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>RISC takes 2 min. 17 sec.
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>novag Scorpio...takes 6 min. 45 sec. .....at 6 ply

It's a mate in 15, this might generate more interest, at least for engines.

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.11.18"]
[Round ""]
[White "Mephisto"]
[Black "Mephisto"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "r6r/pp2bkpp/2n1Np2/8/3B4/5Q2/qPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]

1.Bxf6 Bxf6 2.Rd7+ Ke8 3.Rxb7 Ne5 4.Nxg7+ Kd8 5.Qxf6+ Kc8 6.Qxe5 Kxb7
7.Qb5+ Kc8 8.Ne6 Qxe6 9.Rxe6 Rd8 10.Qc6+ Kb8 11.g3 h5 12.Re7 Rd1+ 13.Kg2
Rg1+ 14.Kxg1 a6 15.Qc7 Mate

Terry

• Re: Good Test........for .Engines or the Dedicated... Mate in 11 I Think Terry McCracken 02:12:24 11/18/05

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