Author: blass uri
Date: 02:31:48 05/02/98
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On May 01, 1998 at 22:08:04, John Scalo wrote: >Q. What's the maximum number of consecutive check moves possible, >without allowing positions where promotions have taken place? > >Answer below > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Answer - > >Actually I'm not quite sure :-) But the most I could come up with was >six. Here's the starting position -- > >3b4/1k2q3/3pN3/8/3K4/3N4/8/6R1 w - - > >and the moves -- > >1. Rb1+ Bb6+ 2. Ndc5+ dxc5+ 3. Nxc5+ Qxc5+ > >Can anybody come up with more? > >Cheers, >John "Too Much Time On My Hands" Scalo 3r4/1k1b4/3nQ3/q4N2/3K1N2/b7/B7/n6R w.. prove there can be more checks 1.Rb1+ Bb2+ 2.Rxb2+ Nb3+ 3.Rxb3+ Qb4+ 4.Rxb4+ Nb5+ 5.Rxb5+ Bxb5+ 6.Qd7+ Rxd7+ 7.Nd6+ Rxd6+ 8.Bd5+ Rxd5+ with draw I am sure more is possible I did not devote to this a lot of time. Cheers, Uri
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