Hi RJ
"I must not be a good player for it took me over a minute, I'm sure."
It most likely seemed a long time.
I was reminded of this 'trick' by another thread on here about advice
people are given on how the pieces the move.
I went searching on Edward Winter's site as I recalled some garbled attempts
writers have used to describe how a Knight moves.
It is certainly easier to show live than to do it in writing.
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter37.html
One example:
"‘The Knights move obliquely, stepping upon every third square, including that
which they quit; from black to white, and from white to black, over the heads of
men, which none else do."
Have you gat that?
On the same page was the Areoplane mate. It is from the game:
M. Karff v O. Lugatsch, Berlin, 1937.
White was a female player, Mona May Karff there is a picture of her on the same page.
I was shown the trick at the Edinburgh club in the 70's. I of course never saw
Qa3 mate but the Edinburgh Club was the ideal place to set it up. Then the
sets they had were huge, the boards were at least 1½ the size of a normal set.
You simply put a book or rest your hand on a3. 🙂
Also on the same page are pics of Bobby Fischer on the Bob Hope Show.
A good site that. Best on the net.
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Originally posted by greenpawn34A bit further down that page he mentions Lasker's definition that
I went searching on Edward Winter's site as I recalled some garbled attempts writers have used to describe how a Knight moves.
It is certainly easier to show live than to do it in writing.
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter37.html
One example:
"‘The Knights move obliquely, stepping upon every third square, including that which they quit; from black to white, and from white to black, over the heads of men, which none else do."
"the knight jumps in making the shortest move that is not a straight one."
This is very similar is essence to another one I've read, which states that
"The knight jumps to any of the eight closest squares which cannot be reached in one move by either a rook or a bishop".
I think it was Douglas Hofstadter who used this definition to transplant the knight move to a hexagonal variant of chess he was discussing, and it worked rather well.
Richard
Originally posted by Shallow BlueThe Knight can jump to one of the nearest non-adjacent squares of opposite color as the one it is on.
A bit further down that page he mentions Lasker's definition that
"the knight jumps in making the shortest move that is not a straight one."
This is very similar is essence to another one I've read, which states that
"The knight jumps to any of the eight closest squares which cannot be reached in one move by either a rook or a bishop".
I thi ...[text shortened]... e to a hexagonal variant of chess he was discussing, and it worked rather well.
Richard