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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 I am curious how everyone is getting 18 moves. I am getting 17.
Joined 04 Nov '08 Moves 20474 Help.
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Originally posted by SwissGambit
I am curious how everyone is getting 18 moves. I am getting 17. 8. ... Re8!
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by Habeascorp
Help.
There is a way to escape the checks. It requires a good imagination to see it, though.
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by heinzkat
9. ... Re8! PM sent.
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Originally posted by SwissGambit
PM sent. I can't count, that's it I suppose - 8. ... Re8.
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by heinzkat
I can't count, that's it I suppose - 8. ... Re8. 9.Kg2 with 10.Rh5 to follow. Playing it on move 8 makes no difference.
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Originally posted by SwissGambit
9.Kg2 with 10.Rh5 to follow. Playing it on move 8 makes no difference. It might well be true, but things aren't that easy I remember... what about 9. ... Rg8.
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by heinzkat
It might well be true, but things aren't that easy I remember... what about 9. ... Rg8. Aha - that indeed does force white to expend an extra move.
I've lost count of how many times I've posted this problem and no one has ever found this variation.
Joined 18 Sep '08 Moves 1480 Originally posted by SwissGambit
[fen]k7/1pP5/1P6/8/8/K4rPR/1PPPPP2/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
I set this up on a board and couldn't figure it out. After I came back to it an hour or so later, I had a revelation... I thought to myself: man, if only that white rook was on a3 and not a2...
...I'm such an idiot.
(Yes, I set it up wrong.)
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Thanks to the new
hidden text® feature, I can give the solution:
[Do not mouse-over the blue tablet if you are still solving...]
1. e3! Rxe3+ 2. c3! Rxc3+ 3. Ka2 Ra3+ 4. Kb1 Ra1+ 5. Kc2 Rc1+ 6. Kd3 Rc3+ 7. Ke2 Re3+ 8. Kf1 Re8! 8...Re1+ 9.Kg2 Rg1+ 10.Kf3 Rxg3+ is one move faster for white 9. g4! Not 9.Kg2? Rg8 10.g4 Rxg4+ 11.Kf3 Rf4+! with checks along the 4th rank 9... Re1+ 10. Kg2 Rg1+ 11. Kf3 Rg3+ 12. Ke2 Re3+ 13. Kd1 Re1+ 14. Kc2 Rc1+ 15. Kb3 Rc3+ 16. Ka2 Rxc7 16...Ra3+ 17.Rxa3# 17. Rh8+ Rc8 18. Rxc8#
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Where did you get that code from? Hehe, quoting unhides the hidden text.
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Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by heinzkat
Where did you get that code from? Hehe, quoting unhides the hidden text. It's a spiffy new feature that was just announced.
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Originally posted by SwissGambit
It's a spiffy new feature that was just announced. Click me!
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058
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