20 Nov '11 23:48>
This was an interesting thread on reddit.com
http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/mijy0/a_counting_exercise/
The poster asked: How many different ending positions exist where white delivers a checkmate on his third move? To get you started: there are 4 different ending positions where black delivers a checkmate on his second move. Can't be too hard, can it?
It took me several tries, and I kept finding new ones.
If you want to see my answer and analysis, I posted it on my chess blog at: http://tacticstime.com/?p=1439
I suggest trying it yourself! It was a lot of fun actually 🙂
Cheers,
Timmy
http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/mijy0/a_counting_exercise/
The poster asked: How many different ending positions exist where white delivers a checkmate on his third move? To get you started: there are 4 different ending positions where black delivers a checkmate on his second move. Can't be too hard, can it?
It took me several tries, and I kept finding new ones.
If you want to see my answer and analysis, I posted it on my chess blog at: http://tacticstime.com/?p=1439
I suggest trying it yourself! It was a lot of fun actually 🙂
Cheers,
Timmy