Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:39:53 06/15/03
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On June 15, 2003 at 10:25:17, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>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 :)
>
>I dont think it should be called pin-wheel. I cant see pins.
>Bondarenkos composition deserves the name pin-wheel.
>
>[D] 8/7Q/2r1p3/2rkr3/2rrr2Q/7K/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
> Mate in 21
Easy to solve for me.
[Event "Edited position"]
[Site "URI-PC"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "8/7Q/2r1p3/2rkr3/2rrr2Q/7K/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . Q
. . r . p . . .
. . r k r . . .
. . r r r . . Q
. . . . . . . K
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
white to play
--------------}
1. Qd8+ Rd6 2. Qb7+ Rc6 3. Qa5+ Rc5 4. Qb3+ Rc4 5. Qd2+ Rd4 6. Qf3+ Re4 7.
Qg5+ e5 8. Qf7+ Re6 9. Qd8+ Rd6 10. Qb7+ Rc6 11. Qa5+ Rc5 12. Qb3+ Rc4 13.
Qd2+ Rd4 14. Qf3+ e4 15. Qg5+ Re5 16. Qf7+ Re6 17. Qd8+ Rd6 18. Qb7+ Rc6
19. Qa5+ Rc5 20. Qb3+ Rc4 21. Qd2#
{Movei->White mates} 1-0
I only used winboard at edit mode
No chess engine was used to solve it.
Too many pieces moves so I was not sure if I will be able to imagine the
position clearly so this is the reason that I used winboard.
I did not prove that there is a single solution.
Uri
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