A126685 In chess, the number of checkmate dual-free proof games in n plies.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 51, 1106, 3813, 47300, 216420, 2057581, 10276981, 74358924
Offset: 0
Examples
a(5)=3 because there are three checkmate proof games in 5 plies: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Ke7 3. Qxe5# 1. e3 e5 2. Qh5 Ke7 3. Qxe5# 1. e4 f5 2. exf5 g5 3. Qh5#
Links
- F. Labelle, Statistics on checkmate diagrams.
- Retrograde Analysis Corner, Shortest Mates in Proof Games.
Extensions
a(12)-a(13) from François Labelle, Dec 05 2017
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