[Retros] another 8th rank mate

[Noam Elkies]

Andrew writes:


> Oops I should have typed fxeB instead of gxfB.  I've been dyslexic

> in chess algebraic notation all my life, sigh.  It should have read:



> fxeB

> 1rbnBbnr/pppkp2p/4p3/4P2Q/8/6p1/PPPP1P1P/RNB1K1NR

> PG in 19.0

> "Nicolas Dupont & Andrew Buchanan" ? :-)


Hm, feB is tricky but it surely doesn't take 19.0 moves,
especially for fe8 ;-)  Presumably that should be 19 ply,
i.e. 9.5 moves.  But even that can be improved:

r2nBbnr/ppp1p1pp/2kp4/8/8/4B3/PPP1PPPP/RNKQ1BNR  SPG-7.5 (C+ Popeye, 8sec)

NDE