Author: Chesster Fritz
Date: 13:48:02 01/25/04
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On January 25, 2004 at 16:41:48, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >White Queen to E-3 and then an eventual stalemate after the black king is forced >to capture the white bishop. Sorry, no, that's incorrect, I'll provide the solution tomorrow. > >On January 25, 2004 at 16:13:19, Chesster Fritz wrote: > >>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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