sting-sf-bh-11x ? Be afraid, be very much afraid !

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peter
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Re: sting-sf-bh-11x ? Be afraid, be very much afraid !

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Paloma wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:15 pm What caught my attention:
2K3b1/8/pPP1p1P1/2p1k2N/2P1pN1P/6PP/n1pQ2p1/1q3r2 w - - bm Kc7; id “ACT3.048”;

I searched in yacpdb and found the same position but with wBishop on g1 ?!?
Mueller, Dieter 1989/1990 mate in 3 or 4
Too easy for a test position.

But without the bishop (ACT3.048), Kc7 is only worth +3.?? to 5.??, with no progress in the further course of the game.
You don't think, it's won for White after e.g.
1. Kc7 Qd1 2. Qd7 e3 3. b7
?
Peter.
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Re: sting-sf-bh-11x ? Be afraid, be very much afraid !

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is this mate in 15?
5N2/rp6/pB1p1N2/pb2k1K1/3p2p1/1R2pp2/4B1n1/6bn w - - bm Rc3; id "ACT3.011";

PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41.13 SE (without tbs) found this line:
#15/29 1.Rc3 dxc3 2.Bxa5 Kd4 3.Ne6+ Ke5 4.Nd8 Kd4 5.Bb6+ Ke5 6.Nxg4+ Ke4 7.Nf6+ Ke5 8.Ba5 Kd4 9.Ne6+ Ke5 10.Nf8 Kd4 11.Bb6+ Ke5 12.Bxf3 d5 13.Bc5 Nf2 14.Ng6+ Ke6 15.Bxd5#
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Re: sting-sf-bh-11x ? Be afraid, be very much afraid !

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Chris Formula wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:10 pm is this mate in 15?
5N2/rp6/pB1p1N2/pb2k1K1/3p2p1/1R2pp2/4B1n1/6bn w - - bm Rc3; id "ACT3.011";

PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41.13 SE (without tbs) found this line:
#15/29 1.Rc3 dxc3 2.Bxa5 Kd4 3.Ne6+ Ke5 4.Nd8 Kd4 5.Bb6+ Ke5 6.Nxg4+ Ke4 7.Nf6+ Ke5 8.Ba5 Kd4 9.Ne6+ Ke5 10.Nf8 Kd4 11.Bb6+ Ke5 12.Bxf3 d5 13.Bc5 Nf2 14.Ng6+ Ke6 15.Bxd5#
That's exactly the line I have stored in my version of ACT3, regards
Peter.