Re: Progressive chess problem


I wrote:
> Iceman wrote:
> > >1. d4
> > >2. c5 cxd4
> > >3. e4 e5 Bd2
> > >4. e6 d3 dxc2 cxd1Q+
> > >5. Kxd1 Ba5 Bxd8 Be7 Bxf8
> > >6. Kxf8 f5 Nh6 Nc6 d5 Bd7
> > 7. Ba6 Bxb7 Bxa8 Bxc6 Bxd7 Na3 Nf3
[fails to:]
> Try 8. Ke7 Rb8 Rxb2 g5 g4 gxf3 fxg2 gxh1R#. You
> might do better with 7.7 Ne2, but then Black's 8th
> move can swallow up a lot of material, assuming there
> is no mate. [...]

But there is, with 8. Ke7 Rb8 Rxb2 d4 d3 d2 Ng4 Nxf2#.
Try placing the white knights on d2, e2 instead of a3, f3.
There are then several mates in 9, eg Kf7 Rc8 f4 f3 fxg2
g1N Nf3 Ng4 Nxf2# or Ng4 Nxe5 Nd3 g5 g4 g3 gxf2 f1N Ne3#,
but I can't see one in 8, and the Nd2 prevents the BR
from roaming the second rank.

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Andy Walker, School of MathSci., Univ. of Nott'm, UK.
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