horribly illegal position

Originally posted by crazyblue
did i miss the solution of the first puzzle somehow, or why is there a new one already? and why is it Rb8? because last (legal) move could have been axb8 R then?

The solution of the first puzzle was that White is only adjusting the N on e4, so he's free to play Kxf3 "mate" [it's only mate if you ignore the illegal position].

You're right about my puzzle.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
To pavlo, black can take the knight.

Sorry i didn't explain it better but when I said he touches the knight again I actually meant his king touches the knight. You know because he just took the rook. So white's king would be touching the edge of his knight. And black couldn't take white's knight because it was being protected by it's King.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
Joke problem. White has to mate in one. Only he's touched the knight! how does he mate in one?

King takes the rook.

Of course 'only he's touched the knight' - why would his opponent have touched it? (that would have been illegal :~)

king kills the rook on e3