Comments on: exotic chess positions (1) http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html lieven le bruyn's blog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:50:41 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JuanPablo http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-5064 JuanPablo Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:43:56 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html#comment-5064 <p>some time ago I posted one of the best chess problems I know: Mate in three! (The problem begins when you realizes that indeed there's a Mate in two... but... well, you can prove -after reconstructing the previous 39 moves (!!)- that the game is a draw after the first move in the Mate in 2 sequence)</p> <p>The position is here: http://demairena.blogspot.com/2003/01/272.html</p> some time ago I posted one of the best chess problems I know: Mate in three! (The problem begins when you realizes that indeed there’s a Mate in two… but… well, you can prove -after reconstructing the previous 39 moves (!!)- that the game is a draw after the first move in the Mate in 2 sequence)

The position is here: http://demairena.blogspot.com/2003/01/272.html

]]> By: lieven http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-5062 lieven Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:59:46 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html#comment-5062 <p>the king doesn't pass through a square under attack during castling (the rook does but this is allowed) see the wikipedia entry mentioned in the post.</p> the king doesn’t pass through a square under attack during castling (the rook does but this is allowed) see the wikipedia entry mentioned in the post.

]]> By: dro http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-5060 dro Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:44:39 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html#comment-5060 <p>I could be wrong on this... but I didn't think you could castle "through" check. In other words, since white has a bishop attacking a square in between the king and the rook they cannot castle.</p> I could be wrong on this… but I didn’t think you could castle “through” check. In other words, since white has a bishop attacking a square in between the king and the rook they cannot castle.

]]> By: dro http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-5061 dro Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:44:39 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/exotic-chess-positions-1.html#comment-5061 <p>I could be wrong on this... but I didn't think you could castle "through" check. In other words, since white has a bishop attacking a square in between the king and the rook they cannot castle.</p> I could be wrong on this… but I didn’t think you could castle “through” check. In other words, since white has a bishop attacking a square in between the king and the rook they cannot castle.

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