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Subject: Re: Can anyone or engine solve this problem?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 16:19:04 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!

1. e4 Nf6 2. f3 Nxe4 3. Qe2 Ng3 4. Qxe7+ Qxe7+ 5. Kf2 Nxh1#

Regards
Dave



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