Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:27:20 02/08/06
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On February 08, 2006 at 05:51:02, John J. J. Smith wrote: >If you want underpromotions, try these Babson problems by Yarosh from Tim >Krabbe's great book Chess Curiosities. > >[d] 1q5R/P2N4/5p2/2p2p2/2Pk1b1n/6P1/PNpP1P1K/BQ3R1B w - - 0 1 Where's the underpromotion in this one? The King says that Rxh4 is a Mate in 4, and there are no underpromotions in the PV (and there is no Mate in 3). >[d] B2q1K2/P2PpN2/4Pp2/P1p2P2/2Pk1b1R/1p6/pN1P1P2/QR6 w - - 0 2 Ditto with this one, which is a Mate in 3 with Kg7 and does not require any underpromotions. >[d] 3r4/2R1P2N/p3Bp2/K2PkP2/1P5P/2p1P3/pBp1R3/Q2N4 w - - 0 1 And with this one, which is a Mate in 4 with Nxc3, and also does not require any underpromotions. jm
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