Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:06:52 12/24/05
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On December 24, 2005 at 20:49:48, John Merlino wrote: >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 No White could make only one of them. It is your problem to find the reason. Uri
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