Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:10:46 03/08/99
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On March 08, 1999 at 14:48:49, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On March 08, 1999 at 01:22:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On March 08, 1999 at 01:18:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>This is as close as I can come. It is the same position with two variations. >>>For both, one move is not a capture: >>>5rk1/2pp2p1/1p4Pp/5r2/P3B3/2B1P3/q1n2nRP/4KR2 w - - id "C.A.P.85885"; ce -32759; >>>pv Bxc2 Qxc2 Rfxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 e4 Qe2# >>>5rk1/2pp2p1/1p4Pp/5r2/P3B3/2B1P3/q1n2nRP/4KR2 w - - id "C.A.P.85885"; ce -32759; >>>pv Bxc2 Qxc2 Rfxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 h4 Qe2# >>> >>>Of course you could tweak the position to something like this: >>>5rk1/2pp2p1/1p4Pp/P4r2/4B3/2B1P3/q1n2nRP/4KR2 w - - >>>and change the e4 or h4 into a pawn capture instead. The problem with this >>>position is that after two plies [strikes? ;-)] the outcome is obvious. >>> >>>I suspect that some of the regulars here can whip up something a lot more >>>dramatic. >>After the tweak, it goes like this: >>5rk1/2pp2p1/1p4Pp/P4r2/4B3/2B1P3/q1n2nRP/4KR2 w - - >>Move sequence: Bxc2 Qxc2 Rfxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 axb6 Qe2#; > > >Oops, the last move is not a "strike". >It needs a little more tweaking. If it is to end in checkmate (as the original poster requested) we will have quite a time searching for one, then.
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