Author: Michael Williams
Date: 00:58:51 04/11/02
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On April 11, 2002 at 03:42:57, Andrew Williams wrote: >On April 11, 2002 at 01:42:14, Michael Williams wrote: > >>The humorous aspect of this position is that no computer would point out how >>'impossible' it was for a Black queen to end up on that square with White to >> move. > >I don't understand this. Surely the last move might have been N(h5)g7! Setting a >very nasty trap. If the knight were on h5, then ...Qxe3 would have been much better. > >> The same would apply to Mr. Hyatt's offering. >> > >What offering? Am I missing a post? Sorry, my typo, look at the third post, by Ed Schröder >> >>If indeed we can't find a plausible series of moves leading up to this position, >>a serious question is, "to what extent are other strange positions instructive, >>both on a theoretical/oddity basis and a practical basis? >> >>I.e., would we be giving more obviously improbable positions the time of day? > >Andrew
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