Huh?

White to move. Checkmate in two.






See Thread 77667

board is flipped?
1.a7?

Originally posted by Wulebgr
White to move. Checkmate in two.

[fen]8/8/2K5/kBp4p/3p3R/P2P4/2P5/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]




See Thread 77667

Clever. It's 1.c4 dxc3ep 2.Ra4# and not 1.c3? c4!

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Clever. It's 1.c4 dxc3ep 2.Ra4# and not 1.c3? c4!

Yep. The problem appeared in an article titled "Stalemate" in Chess Notes 1999, where it is attributed to The Kipping Chess Club Year Book 1943-1944. I found it in Edward Winter, A Chess Omnibus, a compilation of Chess Notes articles.

I'd like to see other examples of a forced en passant capture.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Yep. The problem appeared in an article titled "Stalemate" in Chess Notes 1999, where it is attributed to The Kipping Chess Club Year Book 1943-1944. I found it in Edward Winter, A Chess Omnibus, a compilation of Chess Notes articles.

I'd like to see other examples of a forced en passant capture.

I posted this one before:

No words:

Originally posted by Mephisto2
I posted this one before:

No words:

[fen]8/6P1/5QP1/5PPP/4BpPk/5P1p/4R2K/6BR w - - 0 1[/fen]

ha! nice!