Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:18:05 03/23/04
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On March 23, 2004 at 18:25:54, Anson T J wrote: >A game begins with 1.e4 and ends in the fifth move with knight takes rook mate. >Reconstruct the game. > >[d]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3 0 1 > >Note: This puzzle has apparently stumped many smart people, including Garry >Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Ken Thompson (a la Unix and C). >Major kudos if you solve it yourself! This problem was posted on Chessbase at the end of 1999 and created quite a stir. It apparently was well-known before then, though, particularly in the Russian Chess Schools. Here's the solution: 1.e4 Nf6 2.f3 Nxe4 3.Qe2 Ng3 4.Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 5.Kf2 Nxh1# jm
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