Hi Mr. Jennings,
I"m so glad you enjoyed the article. As far the the chess problems go, we should have clarified that the challenge was to figure out how to do it in five moves, even though it could be done in less, or, of course, more. I guess that's why it's a "puzzle" and not an actual game. Thanks for writing,
Carlin Flora
On Aug 6, 2005, at 12:26 PM, susan jennings wrote:
Hi, my name is Don Jennings and I wanted to say
what a great article about chess. I would love to
take that test to see what my ratio is! I play all the
time but not at a very high level. High enough
however to see the second chess "problem"
is not a 5 move mate like in the example but
a 3 mover! I suppose I am the 234th person to
notice but anyway its mate in three:
1 the first move is just a waiting move, knight out to
any of the three places it can go, or the rook up
one to g2 or the king to any of the five places it
can go! 1 N-a3 say. Kh7 forced.
2 B-e4 check Kh8 forced
3 B-e5 (the other bishop) mate.
Carlin Flora
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