Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:49:48 12/24/05
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On December 24, 2005 at 20:30:05, Alessandro Scotti wrote: >On December 24, 2005 at 20:14:19, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>http://www2.forthnet.gr/chess/xmasmil.html >> >>I do NOT know the answer. > >[D]8/3p4/3p4/2pPp3/1pPkPp2/1n1p1n2/P2p2P1/3K4 b - - - - > >Kiwi can't see it either... > > 3/ 9 +7.92 00:00 524 Ng5 axb3 Nxe4 > 4/ 4 +7.92 00:00 579 Ng5 axb3 Nxe4 g3 > 5/ 5 +9.44 00:00 3290 Ng5 axb3 Nxe4 g3 fxg3 > 6/ 7 +9.52 00:00 3998 Ng5 a3 Nxe4 > 7/21 M4 00:00 114504 Ng5 g3 Nh3 axb3 Kc3 It's a sort of trick question, but there is still a flaw in it. Unless I'm missing something, for it to be a Mate in 2 for Black White's last move had to have been either c2-c4 or e2-e4. After EITHER of these moves, Black capturing en passant leads to a Mate in 2. However, the designation on the page "there is a single answer" is not correct, because White could have made either of those moves, and therefore there are two possible responses by Black. jm
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