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Joined 31 May '07 Moves 696 Forget the insanely difficult retrograde analysis and cunning but unrealistic mates in two. Let's have some simple but fun problems 😀
White to play and checkmate every king on the board in 1
Montgomery
Joined 17 Mar '06 Moves 7336 Originally posted by doodinthemood
Forget the insanely difficult retrograde analysis and cunning but unrealistic mates in two. Let's have some simple but fun problems 😀
[fen]1K5R/2Bk1k2/2k1pPk1/2pk1k1N/2k3kP/1R1NkkP1/2B2p2/3R1Q2[/fen]
White to play and checkmate every king on the board in 1 1. Ne5##########
Joined 31 May '07 Moves 696
Joined 06 Mar '08 Moves 412 Originally posted by strokem1
1. Ne5########## How does that checkmate the White King? 😕
Montgomery
Joined 17 Mar '06 Moves 7336 Originally posted by Bifrost
How does that checkmate the White King? 😕 hmmm.... that is a good question... I guess I need to rethink this problem then...
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by doodinthemood
...and cunning but unrealistic mates in two. This is a much more realistic alternative. 🙄
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by strokem1
hmmm.... that is a good question... I guess I need to rethink this problem then... LOL
Joined 31 May '07 Moves 696 Originally posted by SwissGambit
This is a much more realistic alternative. 🙄 Yeah! If you want to be unrealistic, go the whole hog. And who's to say this couldn't happen in a game? :p
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by doodinthemood
Yeah! If you want to be unrealistic, go the whole hog. And who's to say this couldn't happen in a game? :p It'd have to be a game that is neither chess nor Rex Multiplex [pawns can promote to K].
Mate in 1
Atomic Chess with Checkmate and extra-set pieces allowed.
Joined 31 May '07 Moves 696 Well this is fun.
White to play and mate all of his own kings in 1, andernach chess.
Montgomery
Joined 17 Mar '06 Moves 7336 Originally posted by doodinthemood
Well this is fun.
[fen]2RBbrq1/k1K1KPr1/3KK3/1bRPPK2/4Q3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and mate all of his own kings in 1, andernach chess. Are you allowing color change on the promotion? 😉
Joined 06 Mar '08 Moves 412 Originally posted by doodinthemood
Well this is fun.
[fen]2RBbrq1/k1K1KPr1/3KK3/1bRPPK2/4Q3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and mate all of his own kings in 1, andernach chess. fxe8=bN#
Whatever andernach chess is, I assume it allows colour changing pieces and multiple kings.
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by Bifrost
fxe8=bN#
Whatever andernach chess is, I assume it allows colour changing pieces and multiple kings. Andernach = pieces change color after they capture. It does not allow for multiple Kings.
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by SwissGambit
It'd have to be a game that is neither chess nor Rex Multiplex [pawns can promote to K].
[fen]3kk3/QB2k2N/Qpp1k2N/Qpp1k3/Qpp1k3/QN2k2N/4k2N/1K1kk3 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Mate in 1
Atomic Chess with Checkmate and extra-set pieces allowed. Oh, snap! Pawns in the blast radius don't explode. Fortuitously, the masterpiece can yet be saved:
Mate in 1
Atomic Chess
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Joined 10 Dec '06 Moves 8528 Originally posted by SwissGambit
Oh, snap! Pawns in the blast radius don't explode. Fortuitously, the masterpiece can yet be saved:
[fen]3kk3/QB2k2N/Qrr1k2N/Qrr1k3/Qrr1k3/QN2k2N/4k2N/1K1kk3 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Mate in 1
Atomic Chess you people are insane..lol
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