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Subject: Re: A Forced Mate...?......OK, Thanks Mike...! NT

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 11:08:48 02/11/06

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On February 11, 2006 at 13:46:09, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On February 11, 2006 at 11:06:55, Rob Basham wrote:
>
>>[D]8/5p2/1B5p/2N2K2/7k/1N5p/6pr/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>is this a forced mate? I think someone here posted this problem;
>>Sorry, I saved the problem, but lost the soluution...:-)
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Rob
>
>
>That is forced mate - but it's very long.
>
>
>Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b:
>   3	00:00	       1.248	0	+0.21	1.Ne4
>   4	00:00	       1.536	0	+0.21	1.Ne4
>   5	00:00	       2.184	0	+0.21	1.Ne4 g1Q
>   6	00:00	       4.072	0	+0.21	1.Ne4 g1Q 2.Bxg1 Rg2
>   6	00:00	       6.288	134.144	+5.27	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf2 3.Ne4+ Ke1
>   7	00:00	      12.175	157.812	+1.91	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd2+ Ke3 4.Bxh2
>   8	00:00	      18.790	152.706	+0.95	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd2+ Ke2 4.Bxh2
>Kxd2
>   9	00:00	      36.092	167.991	+0.97	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Ke3 4.Bxh2
>Kxd4 5.Bg1+ Kc4
>  10	00:00	      70.735	177.967	+1.21	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2
>  11	00:01	     130.856	190.336	+1.34	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  12	00:01	     251.420	211.027	+1.45	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  13	00:02	     447.877	212.622	+1.79	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  14	00:04	     752.037	219.961	+4.11	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  15	00:06	   1.180.685	219.782	+4.11	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  16	00:09	   1.938.545	220.147	+4.11	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>  17	00:16	   3.336.589	220.643	+4.11	1.Bd8+ Kg3 2.Bc7+ Kf3 3.Nd4+ Kf2 4.Ne4+
>Kf1 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4
>
>
>The killer move is here:
>
>[d]8/2B2p2/7p/5K2/3N4/7p/3N1kpr/8 w - - 10 6
>
>Bg3+ wins and not Bh2?
>
>
>Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b:
>   3	00:00	         248	0	+0.21	6.Bxh2 g1Q
>   4	00:00	       1.032	0	+0.21	6.Bxh2 g1Q
>   4	00:00	       2.152	0	+1.21	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1 Kd3
>10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>   5	00:00	       2.640	0	+1.42	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1 Kd3
>10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>   6	00:00	       5.608	0	+1.79	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1 Kd3
>10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>   7	00:00	       7.159	155.974	+1.88	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>   8	00:00	      11.215	145.369	+4.11	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>   9	00:00	      15.694	127.544	+4.11	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  10	00:00	      21.948	130.667	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  11	00:00	      30.555	142.869	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  12	00:00	      45.730	166.055	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  13	00:00	      74.616	203.209	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  14	00:00	     133.467	242.753	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  15	00:01	     277.242	307.913	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  16	00:02	     941.985	365.237	+4.17	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  17	00:04	   1.679.829	358.587	+5.05	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  18	00:11	   4.149.054	360.603	+5.05	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4
>  19	00:26	   9.532.602	371.635	+5.05	6.Bg3+ Ke3 7.Bxh2 Kxd4 8.Nf3+ Ke3 9.Ng1
>Kd3 10.Nxh3 Ke2 11.Ng1+ Ke3 12.Kf6 Ke4



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