Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 07:13:38 06/15/03
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On June 15, 2003 at 08:33:01, Michael Vox wrote: >In the 1930s one major distillery, Macdonald & Muir, used chess as the main >component in the promotion of their Highland Queen scotch whisky. They produced >a series of advertizements with the theme 'The Queen Dominates' published in >"The Illustrated London News" - 1935. John Rice, editor of "The Problemist" has >identified this problem as first appearing in the Westminster Papers, 1871. >Composed by Patrick T. Duffy, it is believed to be the first skittles problem. >John Rice also cautions that the problem is sound, apart from a few duals in a >couple of lines. > >May I suggest you first try the puzzle for a minute yourself. My Fritz 7 >program solves the puzzle instantaneously. A very interesting puzzle, it should >be called pin-wheel :) > > >[d]8/8/8/2ppp3/2pkp3/2ppp3/7K/5N1Q w - - 0 1 a variation that I just created [d]8/1KN5/2p5/2ppr3/2pkp2B/2ppp3/8/5N1Q w - - 0 1 many programs will find the mate-in-9, it is the mate in 7 that will take a little longer. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "New game"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1KN5/2p5/2ppr3/2pkp2B/2ppp3/8/5N1Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Nd2 Rf5 2. Ne6+ Ke5 3. Qg1 d4 4. Kxc6 Rf2 5. Nxc4+ Kxe6 6. Qg6+ Rf6 7. Qxf6# 1-0
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