Novag Super Connie

[Larry]

[fen]8/8/8/4K3/2N3B1/8/6k1/8[/fen]

Just a piece of trivia here, guys. The classic Novag Super Constellation
has written on it's box that it can mate with KBN vs k.
Well in the above postion with white to move super connie mated alright,
but it took fully 31 moves to execute what is a mate in 14. Just wasted
a lot of tempi with pointless bishop moves. BTW black was a powerful
software program playing the optimal defensive moves.
The following year's Novag Expert can indeed mate in the minimum
number of moves. The Expert was nicknamed by some the "wooden
super Connie", but it was more. It had a better endgame giving it a
higher rating.
L

[dedicate computers]

Hello .. I was curious with this position, so I made the Novag Super 5 MHz Expert to play. Well, Super Expert C - 5 MHz mate in 13 moves;

Level 3, 30 seconds

1. Kc5 Kc7 2. Ne3 Kb8 3. Nd5 Kc8 4. Kd6 Kd8 5. Ke6 Kc8 6. Ke7 Kb7 7. Kd7 Kb8 8.
Ba6 Ka7 9. Bc8 Ka8 10. Kc7 {mate in 3} Ka7 11. Ne7 Ka8 12. Bb7+ Ka7 13. Nc8#
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