OFFSET
3,2
LINKS
V. Kotesovec, King and Two Generalised Knights against King, ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 105-107 (2001)
V. Kotesovec, Fairy chess endings on an n x n chessboard, Electronic edition of chess booklets by Vaclav Kotesovec, vol. 8, p.359 (2013)
FORMULA
Conjecture: For n > 8, a(n) = 2*n-3-floor(n/2).
a(n) ~ 3*n/2.
Empirical g.f.: x^3*(x^8-x^7+x^5-x^4-2*x^3+x^2+3*x+1) / ((x-1)^2*(x+1)). - Colin Barker, May 11 2013
EXAMPLE
Longest win on an 8x8 chessboard: Ka1 Qb2 - Kf5, 1.Ka1-b1 Kf5-e6! 2.Kb1-c2 Ke6-f5! 3.Kc2-c3 Kf5-e6 4.Kc3-d4! Ke6-f5 5.Qb2-b6! Kf5-g4 6.Kd4-e4 Kg4-g5! 7.Qb6-c6 Kg5-h4 8.Ke4-f4 Kh4-h5! 9.Qc6-d6 Kh5-h4! 10.Qd6-h6#, therefore a(8) = 10.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Vaclav Kotesovec, May 10 2013
STATUS
approved