Author: Chesster Fritz
Date: 13:13:19 01/25/04
Dr Niels Hoeg, Skakbladet 1907 [D]8/8/6p1/5pP1/5P1K/5PpP/4p2p/2Q2Bkr w - - 0 1 Now listen carefully. In the above position White, after some deliberation, announced that he would finish this game in two moves. "Are you saying there is a forced mate in two?" asked Black? "Not necessarily", said White, but the game will be over after two moves. Now it was Black's turn to think. "I don't believe you can do it," he said finally, "unless of couse you resign." "No," said White, "I assure you I will finish the game using only legal moves on the board. And there is nothing you can do to prevent it." So the two took a substantial bet, White played, and Black discovered that whatever he replied he could not prevent White for ending the game one move later. How did White achieve this?
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