12 Jan 07
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Originally posted by WulebgrLesson 1:- You should always explain a simple concept, with a complicated explanation....
[fen]3K4/8/2q1r3/8/8/8/8/7k[/fen]
White to move: stalemate.
Black to move: checkmate in one.
White to move: stalemate.
Black to move: checkmate in one.
12 Jan 07
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Originally posted by ShinidokiNot stalemate for white. Queen takes black bishop.
Lesson 1:- You should always explain a simple concept, with a complicated explanation....
[fen]NBRKbn1N/PrP1QP2/pPq2bPp/1p4pB/3pPpPR/4p1pP/7k/2r1n3 w KQkq - 0 1[/fen]
[b]White to move: stalemate.
Black to move: checkmate in one.[/b]
Also, thats an illegal set-up as white's black bishop could never get to that square during a game with those pawns there.
12 Jan 07
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Originally posted by Dies IraeYou are perfectly right, this remark is only an extensional remark.
Also, thats an illegal set-up as white's black bishop could never get to that square during a game with those pawns there.
In Blitz it is not an illegal position. Whites last move can be like Ba3-f6+ (Illegal? Yes but not until white discover the illegal move and reports it and winning the game, but not before then.) White responds with Qe6-e7, the only move, thus making the preceding move legal by not reporting it.
But of course you are right, I'm just being difficult. In any normal sense it is illegal move, but stranger position has been encountered in blitz than this. See further the thread "Strange but true".