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Subject: Re: Forced Mate...?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:57:32 12/22/05

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On December 22, 2005 at 18:11:59, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]2qr3r/p4kbN/1p1n1pp1/2pP3n/2P1P3/1P1BB1R1/P4K1R/7Q w - - 0 1
>
>1.Rxh5....and white mates in about 11 or 14 moves...
>
>Maybe a forced mate..not sure!
>
>Rob

Well, if Black replies 1...gxh5, then CM9000 says that it is a mate in no more
than 13 moves. However, Black has many better replies (Qa6, Rhg8, Rdf8,
Rdg8)that make finding a mate from the initial position very difficult.

jm



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