Author: Andreas Stabel
Date: 01:56:00 02/16/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 01:37:13, Rajendran Ramachandran wrote:
>Hi!
>
>
>Position: 8;8;5K2;8;8;8;4Q3;7k white to play and mate in a maximum of twelve
>moves without touching white's king.
>
>To avoid any ambiguity about position, let me explain that there are ONLY three
>pieces on the board!
>
>White King on f6
>White Queen on e2
>Black King on h1
>
>
>The only condition is White's king is untouchable.....meaning that you are not
>allowed to move it! You are allowed to take help from any chess program except
>Hiarcs.
>
>I am sure you will enjoy this and show this to your friends as well! Above all
>it is very hard to forget this as it is so simple to understand and remember but
>difficult to solve!
>
>I have not created this one but if my memory serves me right, this problem was
>created by a computer of stone age!!!
>
>Thanks.
>
>raj
I seem to have found a solution with max. 9 moves:
1. Qf3 Kh2 2. Qf1 Kg3 3. Qe2
3... Kh4 4. Qg2 Kh5 5. Qg5#
3... Kh3 4. Qf2 Kg4 5. Qe3
5... Kh5 6. Qg3 Kh6 7. Qg6#
5... Kh4 6. Qg5+ Kh3 7. Qg1 Kh4 8. Qg2 Kh5 9. Qg5#
3... Kf4 4. Qd3 Kg4 5. Qe3
5... Kh5 6. Qg3 Kh6 7. Qg6#
5... Kh4 6. Qg5+ Kh3 7. Qg1 Kh4 8. Qg2 Kh5 9. Qg5#
Regards
Andreas Stabel
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