10 in 1 -a record?

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MJMcCready
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10 in 1 -a record?

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:04 pm

Ten checkmates are delivered in one blow here. Can you find the move which did it and can it be/has it been beaten in a single move in seperate puzzle?
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Re: 10 in 1 -a record?

Post by Ian Thompson » Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:21 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:04 pm
Can you find the move which did it
Yes
MJMcCready wrote:
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:04 pm
can it be beaten in a single move in seperate puzzle?
No. I think it's easily demonstrated that 10 is the limit - when a piece moves it can result in at most 3 discovered checks by another piece, plus a maximum of 7 direct checks by a knight.

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Re: 10 in 1 -a record?

Post by Geoff Chandler » Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:45 pm

I'm sure you are correct about the 10 mates max from one move. It sounds right.

On slightly the same theme, there are 105 ways to mate in one here but from different moves.

Nenad Petrovic, Sahovski vjesnik 1947
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Put it into a computer and watch as it blows itself up (or it finds 106!)

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Re: 10 in 1 -a record?

Post by Matthew Turner » Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:52 pm

You have to love the way the Black pawn is included to make it a legal position

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Re: 10 in 1 -a record?

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:00 pm

I only counted 91 in that position.

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