Author: Alain Lyrette
Date: 19:18:19 01/25/04
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On January 25, 2004 at 18:13:39, John Merlino wrote: >On January 25, 2004 at 17:21:32, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >> >>White Queen to E-3 and then an eventual stalemate after the black king..... >> >>After the black king is forced to capture the white bishop then the white queen >>moves to F-2(The second move) and then the black king must capture the white >>queen. After this, black has finished the game since his king is in stalemate. >> >>This is the correct sequence, >> >>TJF > >You are forgetting the intentionally vague definition of the problem. The game >might be over after WHITE'S second move OR Black's. But it must be legally OVER, >meaning no more moves can be played. If 1.Qe3 Kxf1 2.Qf2, then 2...gxf2 and the >game can continue. > >The answer is 1.Qe1. > >1...g2 2.Bxe2# >1...exf1=Q (or 1...exf1=B) 2.Kxg3 Qxe1# (this last move is forced) >1...exf1=R 2.Qxg3# >1...exf1=N 2.Qf2+ Kxf2 (or gxf2) stalemate > >jm Hi John...Some of us would be interested if you would give results from the Majestic chess program(w-chess) just as you do with chessmaster.Thank you.
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