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Subject: Re: A new trick position (another one)

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 15:14:08 03/06/02

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On March 06, 2002 at 16:00:32, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On March 06, 2002 at 15:57:53, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On March 06, 2002 at 15:11:49, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On March 06, 2002 at 13:03:27, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 06, 2002 at 12:58:56, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 06, 2002 at 12:54:14, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>[d]7k/8/5N2/8/8/2B5/8/7K w - - 0 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here is another one, mate in 1/2 a move.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Pick up the knight but don't put it back down again??  (But then is it still
>>>>>controlling the squares around Black's king??)
>>>>
>>>>Very clever.
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>Ed, does that mean my answer was right?  But what about my objections to my own
>>>answer??
>>
>>Yes, you found the solution.
>>
>>Ed
>
>
>But once you've lifted the knight from the board, how can you assume it still
>covers h7 and g8?  Rays from space?  ;-)

It's a "Special Holographic Night"! :o)

Terry



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