[Retros] Fastest maximummer mate

Joost de Heer joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl
Wed Dec 9 13:16:49 EST 2009


On 12/09/2009 12:44 PM, Juha Saukkola wrote:

> Somebody asked some months ago.

> fastest maximummer mate:

>

> Juha Saukkola

> Problemkiste 1997

> rnbdk2R/ppppppp1/4N3/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP1/RnBDKBN1

> MAXIMUMMER

> SPG in 6.5 moves


Am I understanding something wrong? There's a double maximummer mate in 5.5:
1. Sf3 Sh6 2. Se5 Sf5 3. Sc6 Sd4 4. Sd8 Sec6 5. Se6 Sd8 6. Sc7#

With only whitemax or blackmax it's even faster:
Whitemax: 1. Sh3 c5 2. Sg5 e5 3. Se4 Se7 4. Sd6#
Blackmax: 1. e4 Sa6 2. Bc4 Sb4 3. Qh5 Sa2 4. Qf7#

Joost



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