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Subject: Re: Interesting Position...

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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