I’ve picked up a book ‘The Flanders Panel’ which has a retrograde puzzle inside.
What was Black’s last move? Solve that and you solve a murder.
In one of the puzzles you have to find a Rook mate, a Knight mate and a Bishop mate.
Black to play. Look for checkmates in two moves.
Also some RHP examples leading up to this position
Black to play. Spot the shot that was a blunder.
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@greenpawn34
I found out why it had to be a Knight 🙂
The missing bishop was black
The c-pawn is still on the board, as are the b and d-pawns (the latter on c6 after taking).
@Ponderable
I think you are correct. It is sometimes fun working out what happened
in these retro puzzles. Other times it can be very frustrating.
@greenpawn34
He posed for the painting 2 years after he died??? Wow! That is dedication to the cause of chess!
@Wyn-Davies saidHe posed for the painting 2 years after he died???
@greenpawn34
He posed for the painting 2 years after he died??? Wow! That is dedication to the cause of chess!
It's amazing what those "self-help" books can do for you! 😀
It does sound as if a corpse posed for the picture but that is how the story goes.
The artist could not put in a secret message about a murder if the murder had
not been committed. So the artist painted the picture two years after the murder
with the secret message painted over knowing, hoping or hinting that there was
a message in the painting that suggests foul play,
I have not read the book and have in fact dropped it back into charity shop.
I took the chess out of it which in turn gave me another blog.
I think the artist also had my blog in mind when they hid the message,