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Subject: Re: Another Christmas Position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:14:51 12/25/00

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On December 25, 2000 at 06:43:03, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 24, 2000 at 17:11:48, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>White to mate by completing the tree.
>>
>>[D]4k3/Q7/3pKp2/2pPPPp1/2pPPPp1/1pnrqrnp/4b3/4b3 w - -
>
>Sjeng doesn't find it. It plays Qb8#.
>
>--
>GCP

I also cannot find a solution.

White can complete the tree but cannot mate black because black can claim after
Qe7 that the position is illegal and the sides have to go back for the move that
one of them did an illegal move.

Uri



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