From: Colin Paul Adams COLINA DEMON CO UK> Date: 4 feb 2000 Subject: CHU: alternative defence to A9 My program finds a slightly different mate (same length) as the published solution: 1. DH - 12g, FL - 9d (different defence) 2. DH x 9d+, K - 6c 3. +DH - 9f, SM - 8e 4. +DH x 8e, K - 6d 5. G - 2d+, BT - 5d 6. FK - 3g, K - 5c 7. FK - 3c, BT - 4c 8. FK - 3a, BT - 4b 9. FK - 3e, K - 4c 10.FK - 3d, K - 5c 11.FK - 5d Mate in 21 (after 1 hour 35 minutes) -- Colin Paul Adams Preston Lancashire