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Subject: Re: Forced Mate...?

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 06:34:43 12/23/05

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On December 22, 2005 at 19:57:32, John Merlino wrote:

>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

Thanks John...
Yes,...gxh5 was the response I had in mind....:-)

regards

Rob



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