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turn the board around and white is in mate

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Originally posted by aging blitzer
turn the board around and white is in mate
[fen]3qNR2/1PR2K1B/4bP1b/1Q1P3p/P1Pp4/2p2p2/2p5/2rkr3 w - - 0 1[/fen]
No he isn't...he has 1.Kg6.

EDIT: You need proof that the board is 'upside down' before you can flip it.

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doh!

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Now I've seen everything. Fancy not being able to solve a mate in zero!

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Interesting to say the least.

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Originally posted by eldragonfly
Interesting to say the least.
But did you have to?

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Do we have to prove that the board is the right way up? He looks to me like he is in checkmate if it stays that way around....

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Originally posted by iamatiger
Do we have to prove that the board is the right way up?
If you like.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]3rkr2/5p2/2p2p2/4pP1P/p3P1Q1/b1Pb4/B1K2RP1/2RNq3[/fen]
I don't see it.

Either it's right side up and white is mated, or it's upside down and white can capture the bishop with his pawn.

There really isn't a mate for white in zero moves, and since black just ended the turn, white is mated.


That, or the question just sucks.

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Never dreamed this would be so much fun. I almost choked on my pickle sandwich on reading the last post.

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This thread is hilarious.

If I may, to those still dumbfounded, it IS mate. Bowmann posted it as a joke. The board is showing mate... nothing needs to be done to it. That's why it is a mate in 0.

Good grief.

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Originally posted by abejnood
Good grief.
Spoilsport.

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hmpf

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Never dreamed this would be so much fun. I almost choked on my pickle sandwich on reading the last post.
Almost?


darn....