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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Try playing this position. White to obviously move first.

[fen]rnbqkbnr/8/8/8/8/8/8/RNBQKBNR[/fen]

Hope you enjoy your game.
Tried to think of the best move there, and while looking at the board for a while...

I felt naked - weird but true.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Try playing this position. White to obviously move first.

[fen]rnbqkbnr/8/8/8/8/8/8/RNBQKBNR[/fen]

Hope you enjoy your game.
Funny, if I open this in the analysis board (using ouroboros' Greasemonkey script), I get a second black king where white's second rook is supposed to be. That makes the task much easier. 😉

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Sure, 1.Bb5+ Nd7 2.Qe2+ Qe7 3.Rxa8 Rxh1 Rxc8+ etc. wins the piece. But then what?

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
Sure, 1.Bb5+ Nd7 2.Qe2+ Qe7 3.Rxa8 Rxh1 Rxc8+ etc. wins the piece. But then what?
Winning a piece is easy and possible in a number of ways, eg.

1 QXQ+ .. KXQ;
2. Rh1Xh8 .. Ra8Xa1;
3. RXN .. RXN;
4. RXB+ .. Kc7;
5. Kd1

and white has R, 2B & N vs R,B & N which presumably is a difficult win.

But 2 questions require answering.

1. Can black prevent the loss of a piece; or
2. Has white an immediately decisive and quick way to win?

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White does win a piece but watching fritz stumble forward with the extra bishop was soul destroying, so I gave up whites knights and added six pawns. White wins a useless knight, but seems a bit confused.

Fritz has decided to exchange white's remaining rook for a light squared bishop. Nice.

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Pawns are typically in the closet gays and can not wait to come out and become Queens.

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Originally posted by Sir Timothy
Pawns are typically in the closet gays and can not wait to come out and become Queens.
All homophobes should play without their Queens;
Racists should play with 2 sets of white pieces (or black as their mood takes them);
Sexists win the game on the capture of the Queen;
The disabled clearly cannot use Knights nor climb the stairs in the Castle so they can have 4 extra pawns;
Religous fanatics get an extra pair of Bishops;
War mongers get an extra pair of Knights;
The blind get to play with no pieces at all.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
All homophobes should play without their Queens;
Racists should play with 2 sets of white pieces (or black as their mood takes them);
Sexists win the game on the capture of the Queen;
The disabled clearly cannot use Knights nor climb the stairs in the Castle so they can have 4 extra pawns;
Religous fanatics get an extra pair of Bishops;
War mongers get an extra pair of Knights;
The blind get to play with no pieces at all.
Oh, thanks for that. Really brightened up my day!

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Originally posted by onyx2006
Tried to think of the best move there, and while looking at the board for a while...

I felt naked - weird but true.
That's you, not the puzzle.
😉

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Originally posted by mcrrock
Whats the point of having pawns on the board.

There basicly only there 4 pawn promotion.
Ignorance is bliss dude.

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Originally posted by mcrrock
Whats the point of having pawns on the board.

There basicly only there 4 pawn promotion.
This is why your rating is below. You have to understand, pawns are half the pieces you have on the board. They shield your king- one of the reasons for castling.
Pawn promiotion is just so you can win when you have a king and pawn v. a king and pawn.

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Originally posted by Alethia
This is why your rating is below. You have to understand, pawns are half the pieces you have on the board. They shield your king- one of the reasons for castling.
Pawn promiotion is just so you can win when you have a king and pawn v. a king and pawn.
Pawn promotion is always a useful tool.

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It would be stupid to have no pawns.

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that game is a dead win for white. there are many variations that force white to win. for instance.

1.Rhxh8 Rxa1
2. Qh5+ Kd7 (Ke7 wins the Queen via Bg5+)
3. Rh7+ Nd7
4. Qd5+ Kc7
5. Bf4+! (winning the queen)