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Originally posted by tomtom232
everthing by white has to be checks until he gets rid of the threat blacks g1(Q)+! anything other than checks is ?? and so with that in mind white plays cxb6+
with so few pieces, it doesn't seem that white can allow the black king into the center of the board either...
white clearly needs to keep black's king off into that nice little 2x2 square of a7,a8,b7, and b8
anything else, and there is just too much space for the king to run... 24 move mate would be impossible!

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If you look hard enough you will find that white has a series of checks that lead to a skewer of the king and the winning of blacks pieces. after kxb6 white was Qf2+! ...Kc7 Qc5+ ...Kd8 Qxc8+ that is the best line I can find and who knows maybe it leads to a mate in the specified time.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
If you look hard enough you will find that white has a series of checks that lead to a skewer of the king and the winning of blacks pieces. after kxb6 white was Qf2+! ...Kc7 Qc5+ ...Kd8 Qxc8+
better than Kf2+ is Kc6+!

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
better than Kf2+ is Kc6+!
I looked at that and blacks king just goes between a7 and a8 where white gets a knight fork to take blacks queen but there is no mate there... take a look you will see what I mean.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
I looked at that and blacks king just goes between a7 and a8 where white gets a knight fork to take blacks queen but there is no mate there... take a look you will see what I mean.
Qc6+! Ka7 b5+ and you will find a mate in there somewhere, I'm sure of it!

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
Qc6+! Ka7 b5+ and you will find a mate in there somewhere, I'm sure of it!
b5?? isn't check so it loses to g1(Q)+!.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
b5?? isn't check so it loses to g1(Q)+!.
Kxg1
you might have forgotten that black has a knight on g6????
see original post, I had to edit the knight in.

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
Kxg1
you might have forgotten that black has a knight on g6????
see original post, I had to edit the knight in.
yeah Kxg1 and then ...Nf4+!

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Originally posted by Uries
Nxc8 looks like the only way I can see because it let's the queen in.

Edit: nvm no it doesn't. Still looks like a good start though.
Nxc8?? is a monumental blunder read the rest of the thread to find out why.

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
[fen]kbb3q1/5p1r/pp1N2nP/2P1N3/1P6/Q6P/6pK/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

white to move, mate in 24
no engines, brain only for this beauty
1. Qf3+ Ka7 2. Nc6+ Ka8 3. Nd8+!
Cuts off Q's defense of c8.

3... Ka7 4. cxb6+ Kxb6 5. Qc6+
Necessary to stop Kc7.

5... Ka7 6. Qc5+ Ka8 7. Qd5+ Ka7 8. Qd4+ Ka8 9. Qe4+ Ka7 10. Qe3+ Ka8 11. Qf3+ Ka7 12. Qf2+ Ka8 13. Qxg2+
Finally, the annoying P is gone, paving the way for a quiet move later.

13... Ka7 14. Qf2+ Ka8 15. Qf3+ Ka7 16. Qe3+ Ka8 17. Qe4+ Ka7 18. Qd4+ Ka8 19. Qd5+ Ka7 20. Qc5+ Ka8 21. Qxc8
With the threat of Qb7#

21... f5 22. Qxa6+ Ra7 23. Qc6+ Rb7 24. Qxb7#

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
1. Qf3+ Ka7 2. Nc6+ Ka8 3. Nd8+!
Cuts off Q's defense of c8.

3... Ka7 4. cxb6+ Kxb6 5. Qc6+
Necessary to stop Kc7.

5... Ka7 6. Qc5+ Ka8 7. Qd5+ Ka7 8. Qd4+ Ka8 9. Qe4+ Ka7 10. Qe3+ Ka8 11. Qf3+ Ka7 12. Qf2+ Ka8 13. Qxg2+
Finally, the annoying P is gone, paving the way for a quiet move later.

13... Ka7 14. Qf2+ Ka8 15. Qf3+ Ka7 16. Qe3+ Ka8 17 ...[text shortened]... 20. Qc5+ Ka8 21. Qxc8
With the threat of Qb7#

21... f5 22. Qxa6+ Ra7 23. Qc6+ Rb7 24. Qxb7#
good call
you get the I solved the longest mating combination puzzle trophy of the year! congratulations!

*serious post, no sarcasm. It would take me a week to work through all of that.