Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 06:56:46 12/26/99
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On December 26, 1999 at 09:01:44, Manuel Rodriguez Blanco wrote: >On December 25, 1999 at 18:30:22, Frederic Friedel wrote: > >>Here’s a nice little puzzle I got from John Nunn, many years ago. It is is in >>the latest edition of ChessBase Magazine and can be stated in one simple line: >> >>A game begins with 1.e4 and ends in the fifth move with knight takes rook mate. >>What are the moves? >> >>If you want to read a couple of stories on it, go to >>www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzzle.htm. >> >>It is amazing how even the best players in the world can be stumped by this >>problem. There is a prize if you are able to solve it. If you do, or already >>know the solution, please DO NOT post it here (obviously). Send an email to >>frederic@chessbase.com. Also include some details on how long it took you and >>how you went about solving the problem. >> >>Merry Christmas everybody. > >Very Very interesting, i adore this kind of stuff, i am beggining to try to >solve this now, my english is regular, i like to confirn: > > >1. e4 xx >2. xx xx >3. xx xx >4. xx xx >5. NxR++ > >correct? It could also be 5...-NxR++. It may be more likely, given the way Frederic wrote it. Enrique >Thanks a lot for this
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