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Subject: Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER)

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 11:52:31 03/06/02

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On March 06, 2002 at 12:25:07, Uri Blass wrote:

>On March 06, 2002 at 11:56:02, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On March 06, 2002 at 11:30:38, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>>
>>>On March 06, 2002 at 11:20:17, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>[D]8/8/8/8/8/6P1/6k1/4KR1R w
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mate in 3
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>
>>>Yes, clever indeed, but only if you add the king side castling right for white.
>>>Then:
>>>
>>> Rf4 Kxg3 O-O Kh3 R1f3#
>>>     Kxh1 Kf2 Kh2 Rh4#
>>>
>>>I like it :-)
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Heiner
>>
>>Yes, clever indeed, but only if you add the king side castling right for white.
>>
>>That's the point, you _must_ assume when given a problem when the King is on
>>it's initial square along with it's Rook or Rooks  that 0-0 or 0-0-0 is
>>permissible.
>
>If there is only a diagram you are right but if there is a FEN you are wrong.
>The poster failed to post a diagram without a FEN so he can blame only himself.
>
>Uri

No, In this case the FEN/EPD (whatever it should be) is incomplete. It may or
may not possible to castle.

Rafael B. Andrist



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