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Joined 17 Mar '05 Moves 1345 FWIW, Grumpy has just finished downloading the necessary 7.61Gb and 1.34Gb tablebases and wants everyone to know it's mate in 16.
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Joined 26 Nov '04 Moves 155080 Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/8/1q6/2Q5/8/8/p7/k3B1K1 w - - 0 1[/fen] 1.Bc3+ Qb2 2.Bf6! Kb1
2...Qxf6? 3.Qc1#
3.Qf5+ Kc1
3...Qc2 4.Qb5+ Kc1 5.Bg5+ Qd2 (
5...Kd1 6.Qf1# ) 6.Bxd2+ Kxd2 7.Qb2+ wins
4.Qf1+ Kc2 5.Qf2+ wins the Q and the game.
RHP IQ
Joined 17 Mar '05 Moves 1345 Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
FWIW, Grumpy has just finished downloading the necessary 7.61Gb and 1.34Gb tablebases and wants everyone to know it's mate in 16. That's 895MB and 168MB. Rather small, really.
Originally posted by Bowmann
That's 895MB and 168MB. Not according to http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/tablebases-online/
RHP IQ
Joined 17 Mar '05 Moves 1345 Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
Not according to http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/tablebases-online/ B = 8b.
Originally posted by Bowmann
B = 8b. Brevity is the soul of wit. 😀
Joined 07 Aug '06 Moves 117339 Queeny c1+, only one move left, defend with qb1, reply Bc3 - Ohh La La
RHP IQ
Joined 17 Mar '05 Moves 1345 Originally posted by olddog
Queeny c1+, only one move left, defend with qb1, reply Bc3 - Ohh La La Illegal moves are...
...well, illegal.
Indiana
Joined 29 May '06 Moves 1694 Originally posted by Bowmann
Illegal moves are...
What's illegal about his moves. Unless the board is flipped. which would make the "legal" moves 1. Qf8+ Qg8 2. Bf6#
Right?
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Joined 26 Nov '04 Moves 155080 Originally posted by hypothetical
What's illegal about his moves. Unless the board is flipped. which would make the "legal" moves 1. Qf8+ Qg8 2. Bf6#
Wrong.
Indiana
Joined 29 May '06 Moves 1694 Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Wrong. then correct my mistake(s). What am i not seeing?
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Joined 26 Nov '04 Moves 155080 Originally posted by hypothetical
then correct my mistake(s). What am i not seeing? Look at the whole board.
Indiana
Joined 29 May '06 Moves 1694 Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Look at the whole board. oops i see it now. sorry about that. 😳 i wasnt paying attention i guess.
Joined 10 Aug '06 Moves 967 Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/8/1q6/2Q5/8/8/p7/k3B1K1[/fen] Mate in 3
1. Qxb6 a3 or a4
2. Bc3+ Ka2
3. Qb2#
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