A puzzle

Fat Lady

Only Chess

18 Nov 06 00:48

~~likeforest~~

Joined: 11 Oct 06
Moves: 791

20 Nov 06 01:41

im sorry, but it looks as though white resigned. white has perpetual does he not?

cmsMaster

Joined: 02 Feb 06
Moves: 8557

20 Nov 06 01:48

Originally posted by likeforest
im sorry, but it looks as though white resigned. white has perpetual does he not?

That's the point - why would white resign?

rooktakesqueen

Joined: 03 Oct 06
Moves: 680

20 Nov 06 22:02

even a new player could see the draw in this game... i dont get it, no reason in the world to gift a player a win, we can all see the draw, why couldnt he..?

Dragon Fire

Lord of all beasts

searching for truth

Joined: 06 Jun 06
Moves: 30390

20 Nov 06 22:29

Tired of the constant abuse perhaps?

Pattrick06

Missouri, USA

Joined: 08 Nov 05
Moves: 84454

20 Nov 06 22:37

Correct..No need for me to go any more...

Fat Lady

Joined: 21 Feb 06
Moves: 6830

21 Nov 06 01:17

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Pattrick06

Missouri, USA

Joined: 08 Nov 05
Moves: 84454

21 Nov 06 14:56

Had I read the Google on him.. I would never have played him...The Infantile Troll... I thought how very appropriate...

~~incub626~~

Joined: 01 Nov 06
Moves: 262

24 Nov 06 01:33

Originally posted by Fat Lady
This position was recently reached in a game between two players rated over 2000 on this site:

[fen]r4r1k/1p1b4/1q2ppQ1/p1b1RpB1/3p4/P7/1P3PPP/R5K1[/fen]
White to move

The question is - what happened next?

1. g4 f5xg4
2. Bxg6 Rxg6
3. Rh5#!!

sequence of moves

hypothetical

Indiana

Joined: 29 May 06
Moves: 1694

24 Nov 06 05:09

Originally posted by incub626
1. g4 f5xg4
2. Bxg6 Rxg6
3. Rh5#!!

sequence of moves

1. g4 fxg5!

blows a hole in that theory.

huckleberryhound

Devout Agnostic.

DZ-015

Joined: 12 Oct 05
Moves: 42584

24 Nov 06 05:44

The post that was quoted here has been removed

So why hasn't he been 3(c)kicked ?