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Thought this was pretty funny.There's a hint below.You'll probably need it 😛
White to move mates in 1



Tip:
It's not possible under current chessrules


Solution:
g8(black! knight).Apparently this was possible prior to 1862


PS: could someone explain to me why the 'tip' hidden thing doesn't work yet the other one does?

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Very funny! Good one! Would have never thought of the solution. Where did you find this?

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Tournament 90760

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Originally posted by Romanticus
Thought this was pretty funny.There's a hint below.You'll probably need it 😛
White to move mates in 1
[fen]8/5RPk/6N1/7K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Tip:
[hidden]It's not possible under current chessrules[/hidden]

Solution:
[hidden]g8(black! knight).Apparently this was possible prior to 1862[/hidden]

PS: could someone explain to me why the 'tip' hidden thing doesn't work yet the other one does?
The promotion rules previously did not specify which COLOR of piece must be chosen. 😵

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Originally posted by Romanticus
Thought this was pretty funny.There's a hint below.You'll probably need it 😛
White to move mates in 1
[fen]8/5RPk/6N1/7K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Tip:
[hidden]It's not possible under current chessrules[/hidden]

Solution:
[hidden]g8(black! knight).Apparently this was possible prior to 1862[/hidden]

PS: could someone explain to me why the 'tip' hidden thing doesn't work yet the other one does?
The first tip doesn't work because of the apostrophe in "It's". Any apostrophe in a tip causes it to stop working.

It's a bug in the coding of the tips system that I assume the Site Admins are still trying to fix.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
The promotion rules previously did not specify which COLOR of piece must be chosen. 😵
http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=333

I discuss the infamous Staunton sentance on pawn promotion that
started all the trouble

I'm sure Lewis's book in the 1830's it mentions that the promoted pawn
must become a piece of the same colour as the pawn.
(don't have a copy to hand but can check tomorrow).

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=333

I discuss the infamous Staunton sentance on pawn promotion that
started all the trouble

I'm sure Lewis's book in the 1830's it mentions that the promoted pawn
must become a piece of the same colour as the pawn.
(don't have a copy to hand but can check tomorrow).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)#1862_British_Chess_Association_rule

"The broad language of Law XIII also appears to allow promotion to any piece of any color."

"Howard Staunton vigorously opposed the 1862 rule when it was proposed..."

LOL

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Was the rule not clarified in Staunton's 1851 London tournament?

Oxford Companion.

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Originally posted by scacchipazzo
Very funny! Good one! Would have never thought of the solution. Where did you find this?
When browsing through old chess files I gathered over the years I came across this.
No idea where I got it from but if I would have to guess I'd say I saw it in one of Edward Winter's books or on his website.

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I checked out William Lewis's Treatise on Chess (1844).

He does not mention it must be the same colour as the promoting pawn.
No wonder there was confusion.

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i think a puzzle based on promotion to the opposite colour appeared in either the Sherlock Holmes or Arabian Nights chess puzzle books by Raymond Smullyan.