I have the winner from the Knight + Bishop vs. King contest. The checkmate solutions are shown in bold...

ChessCarpenter
B+N vs. K contest
26. March 2003, 13:51:32

Ed,

Here is my setup for the contest:

Black King = a8
White King = c6
White Bishop = c5
White Knight = b5

I only have a mate in 25 moves for White! I can not seem to get more!

[Mate in 23]
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juangrande
B+N vs. K contest
26. March 2003, 14:09:14

I'll make an educated guess for the setup, since I don't have the resources to conduct a detailed search. :-)

White: Ka8, Be8, Nj2
Black: Kc8

Of course, the mirror image positions should be considered equivalent:

White: Ka1, Be1, Nj7
Black: Kc1

White: Kj1, Bf1, Na7
Black: Kh1

White: Kj8, Bf8, Na2
Black: Kh8

[Mate in 37]

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WhisperzQ
Re: B+N vs. K contest
31. March 2003, 22:24:42

Okay, I had my guess early, but to put some positions on it:

White: Ka1, Ba2, Nb1
Black: Kj8
Black King has many posible locations but generally in that diagonally opposite corner.

[Mate in 33]

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ChessCarpenter
Re: B+N vs. K contest
1. April 2003, 00:18:25

Well, here is my shot!

White Kc8,Ba1,Ni1
Black Ka8
Like Whisperz I needed to put something in!!

[Mate in 24]

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So Rob snuck in a second entry...but both of his were in the low 20's, so the winner is, JuanGrande!

Congratulations Juan, you finally won your Gothic Chess mug!