For the Chess Novice

Originally posted by Coconut
I'd expect a 1700+ guy would know that one...

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Yes, but if you do the trick on every available square on the g-file first, you are not capturing pieces, and would indeed have 3-fold repetition.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Seems I will have to modify my scheme.

Something to the effect of go to an empty square, then capture, empty square, capture, etc.
1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Rg4+ Rh7 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Rxd7+ Kg8 5.Rg7+ Kh8 6.Rg3+ etc.

Originally posted by Vandalizer
Dudes!!

I leave this thread for ten minutes (or however long it was) and all hell breaks loose! Or something.

Anyway, first up, the draw thing. I was just suggesting that you want to be careful about how many checks you give on the g file because every time the rook returns to g7 you'd be repeating. Of course with each piece you capture you can go ...[text shortened]... ys leave traces. But because I don't care about my rating, it won't fuss me anyway. Rant over.

Originally posted by ark13
Sorry about anything. I never suspected you of cheating, and was just kidding about the draw thing (as it was a silly proposition anyway). I think people are far too quick to accuse people of cheating on this site.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Easy. 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Rg6+!!

And do it on every square on the g-file. Watch the opponent's eyes get wide when he realizes you can do it along the 7th rank too. Enjoy the torture!

I may post the answer soon.


😴

Perhaps one or two of you "novices" came close
(Coco Nut and Sin House).

The answer:

1. Rg7+ Kh8
2. Rxd7+ Kg8
3. Rg7+ Kh8
4. Rxc7+ Kg8
5. Rg7+ Kh8
6. Rxb7+ Kg8
7. Rg7+ Kh8
8. Rxa7+ Kg8
9. RxR...

And after 10. RxKt, Black has no counter chances.
Such a series of checks, repeatedly using the same
square, is called a "mill".

Originally posted by Bowmann
Perhaps one or two of you "novices" came close
(Coco Nut and Sin House).

[b]The answer:

1. Rg7+ Kh8
2. Rxd7+ Kg8
3. Rg7+ Kh8
4. Rxc7+ Kg8
5. Rg7+ Kh8
6. Rxb7+ Kg8
7. Rg7+ Kh8
8. Rxa7+ Kg8
9. RxR...

And after 10. RxKt, Black has no counter chances.
Such a series of checks, repeatedly using the same
square, is called a "mill".[/b]

Originally posted by Bowmann
Perhaps one or two of you "novices" came close
(Coco Nut and Sin House).

[b]The answer:

1. Rg7+ Kh8
2. Rxd7+ Kg8
3. Rg7+ Kh8
4. Rxc7+ Kg8
5. Rg7+ Kh8
6. Rxb7+ Kg8
7. Rg7+ Kh8
8. Rxa7+ Kg8
9. RxR...

And after 10. RxKt, Black has no counter chances.
Such a series of checks, repeatedly using the same
square, is called a "mill".[/b]

Originally posted by BLReid
...or in chess, the tactic is referred to as a windmill, a staple in most basic tactics books, the kind that novices typically read.

this is called the "windmill"

Originally posted by CenterNut
this is called the "windmill"

hello

Originally posted by Bowmann
But it doesn't have to be windy in order to pull it off.