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  1. Standard memberBigDogg
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    @pianoman1 said
    Chess is warfare. On the battlefield even the most chivalrous (and British) warrior would not greet his intended victim with a polite “Good morning, old chap” before running him through with his sabre.
    It is, and it isn't.

    In chess you can win with only one pawn left. In war, that's not a victory.
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    @greenpawn34 said
    This is best I can do, I am probably being stupid missing something obvious.
    I've given up.

    [pgn]
    1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nd5 Ne4 3. Nxe7 Na6 4. a3 Rb8 5. Nxc8 Bxa3 6. Nd6+ Ke7 7.
    Nxb7 c5 8. Nd6 Rb5 9. Nc4 Qb6 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. Nd5+ Ke6 12. Nc3 Rc6 13. Nb1
    Nb8[/pgn]
    3...Kxe7!

    Edit: thanks for being a good sport and giving this a try even though I know these aren't your favorite type of problem.
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    @greenpawn34 said
    This is the best I can do so far.

    [pgn]
    1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Nf6 3.a3 Bxa3 4.Ng6 c5 5.Ne7 Nc6 6.Nxc8 Rb8 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Nxb7 Ke6 9.Nd6 Rb5 10.Nf5 Qb6 11.Nh4 Rc8 12.Nf3 Nd8 13.Ng1 Rc6 {That is 13 moves, I am a move short. It is the e7-e5 move.} [/pgn]
    That's a good start.

    From the opening, Black has two moves he can play without any help from white: Ng8-f6, and Nf6-e4.

    So the new goal is to find some white moves that help black make a move that is on the 'permitted moves' list. White has 3 moves to do something that gives black a move. What can he do?
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    @greenpawn34 said
    Had a look last night.

    [fen]3n4/p2p1ppp/1qr1k3/1rp5/4n3/b7/1PPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w[/fen]

    Working on a theory the b-pawn takes on a2, b1 Knight off taking things, the
    h8 Rook, the e7 pawn and c8 Bishop. a1 rook moves to b1, black pawn on a2
    promotes to Rook, that Rook goes to b5 or c6, white b1 Rook goes back to a1
    to vacate b1 for Knight to return home. (or something like that.)
    A good way to begin is to list each piece and count the minimum number of moves it needs to reach its destination.

    For black:
    K takes 2 moves
    Q takes 1
    Rs take 2 each
    Bf8 takes 1
    Nf6-e4 is 2
    Nc6-d8 is 2
    c7-c5 is 1
    ----
    13 moves total

    Given that the stipulation is 13 moves, black has no spare time.

    This means he can't move the b7 pawn. White has to clear that out for him, along with the other missing pawn and B.
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    @josephw said
    Very funny. Years of effort wasted I suppose. Just to be mocked and ridiculed. Closed minds are hard to crack open.

    But it's understandable that people twist and misrepresent the script. Otherwise how else can one produce a contradictory message.
    Other people on a discussion forum can't change us. An exchange of a few minutes can't alter a lifetime of experience walking a path.

    So why do we expect to change others?
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    Position after Black's 13th move. How did the game go?

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    @josephw said
    Your post above is rife with error and misinformation.
    I won't get bogged down in debate over it all except to say that that is why you misbelieve, which is why you've chosen to believe The lie, even though in your heart you know The truth, but your mind betrays you.
    And with that, Low Effort Joe went to smoke another bong.
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    @francopawn said
    I noticed that after a drawn game, I lost six points and my opponent gained six points. Is there some logic to that? If so, it eludes me.
    If you're rated higher than him, you're expected to win. A drawn game is a bit of an upset.
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    @greenpawn34 said
    Hi BigDogg,

    I'd be interested as well. I saw it in a solutions section to a previous CHESS magazines
    Quiz (which I do not have, or I do have but mislaid it)
    So maybe the composer's name and other details were given in the original magazine.
    If it is sound please post the game.


    Computer tested: This is a sound mate in 7 with same solution.

    It's nice to get rid of all those unused black pieces.

    With wN on d1, it's cooked. wR eventually checks on the a-file. N blocks, then Nc3 and RxN#.
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    @greenpawn34 said

    Chess Coincidences No.314.is a picture of
    me wearing a red polo shirt with No.3 on it.
    (all is explained in the blog. think ‘Roulette.’ )

    A cartoon, A chess site recommendation, A mini book review,
    two puzzles, an RHP game with an very good OTB sister game.

    Another lone which Bishop mate which should have inspired me
    to find the same idea in a ...[text shortened]... ual playing up the board, to play and win. (mate in 7.)

    Blog Post 599
    I wonder if the problem is sound with wNd1 and everything on the e- to h- files gone?

    Edit: I'll probably computer test it tomorrow.
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    @pettytalk said
    Simulated human speech in a simulated universe? Was not that which you found to be the poor assumption, a simulated universe?

    Artificial intelligence? Don't we love it? But it's not 'natural' 'reasoning,' is it? AI assumes to be human, but as long as we keep that in mind, the assumption, we can assume just as well... actually better. All that AI assumes was assumed from ...[text shortened]... that all you got?' You are only conflating your frustration with your lack for a better assumption.
    I'll give you a bit of free advice. Put down the thesaurus, stop with the evasions, and try to engage the ideas under discussion.

    If you can't manage that, the only way you will vex anyone is by making them wonder why someone posts so strangely.
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    @pettytalk said
    The initial segment of your composition primarily engages in obfuscation, a technique that, while seemingly sophisticated, ultimately serves as a feeble endeavor to conflate the concepts of "reasonable" and "natural," which, in reality, are fundamentally distinct from one another. However, in view of the argument and the relationship in which these distinct terms were put f ...[text shortened]... r natural endowment, which encompasses a wide range of innate capacities that we possess from birth.
    How did you produce this steaming pile of word salad?

    Did you dump our exchange in a ChatGPT-style bot and paste the output?

    Is that all you got?
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    @rookie54 said
    i consider myself very cautious about internet contacts and behavior
    i clear out cookies and browser caches regularly
    i block as many adverts as i possibly can to prevent the blatant tracking of my paranoid self

    but amazon has beaten me
    i do not know how, but they knew i had been looking at the next chainsaw i am going to purchase
    AND
    randomly
    a rice cooker because ...[text shortened]... in this rice cooker for 10% off!"[/b]

    the insidiousness of the advertising mind is mind boggling
    The Algorithm has you, Neo.
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    @pettytalk said
    Hoping? To be reasonable is a natural trait for all beings who are endowed with the ability to reason. However, it's a natural option and not a mandate. And it goes without saying that there are exceptions to the rule of nature where reason is concerned.

    You are barking up the wrong tree. There is a thing which is related to us as 'thinking outside the box.' Science comes in a box full of assumed facts.
    Your first paragraph is mainly obfuscation and a poor attempt to conflate "reasonable" and "natural" when they're not the same concepts.

    Pick a word for your original argument, please. Would you like "reasonable", or shall it be "natural"?

    The last paragraph is disingenuous. I never said a scientist should not assume. I simply rejected the one poor assumption you wished to make.
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    @pettytalk said
    When we do not know, assuming is the natural way to go. Absolute evidence is not within human grasp.

    This may be a simulated world, and I was schooled to assume that only God knows absolute reality.
    So you changed it from 'reasonable' to 'natural', perhaps hoping no one would notice?
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