For a really good problem, with legal moves, feast on this:
http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=0&fen=8/3P3k/n2K3p/2...
The Hardest chess problem in the world?
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Re: The Hardest chess problem in the world?
#92If chess is a analogy of war and a pawn infiltrates the other side. I believe he has the right to choose a side. I mean he may scale the castle wall only to die releasing a captured prisoner, or he may disrobe a night and get back on the battle field. I love this idea.
I thought defectors were also executed by opposing armies? Who would want a known traitor in their ranks?
He was a POW.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but putting "strictly" there does not change the meaning of the sentence, it's just a superfluous word.
"strictly" changes the meaning of the sentence. it suggests that there are "strict" and "not so strict" interpretations of the chess rules, and that if you're not so strict, the move is OK. but promoting to the other color is not allowed, even under "not so strict" interpretations of the rules of chess. an example of things that may be permitted in "not so strict" chess: taking back your move, not moving a piece even…
I mean really, the rules are the rules, and there is no ambiguity. So a "strict reading of the rules" is the same thing as a "reading of the rules." Because, as you say, there is no such thing as a reading of the rules that violates the rules and is thus merely "less strict."
For example, under the rules, not moving a piece you touched and promoting to the other color are the same: illegal.
The examples you are giving are simply cases where the other player is likely to let you break the rules if it's a very casual game.
So again, having "strictly" in the sentence is, technically, purely redundant.
It's a dumb thing to say, but then again, it probably made the piece more suspenseful and thus more fun to read.
Re: The Hardest chess problem in the world?
#94For an actual legal and cool puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSKtG-8TwI0
I'm sorry for derailing this, but
a) I didn't know that 'Zugzwang' is a word that is used in English, ever
b) That pronounciation reminded me of watching the 'Grimm' TV Series, where everything is German based and the actors talk .. just like that
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#95reminds me of "0-0-0-0".
Before the rule was added that castling was a 'row move',
you could promote an e-pawn to a rook and than castle superlong by moving the king from e1 to e3 (and the rook to e2).
This oversight in the rules was later corrected.
Re: The Hardest chess problem in the world?
#96I'm not much of chess person, but I don't get it. Even if the black knight plays for white, it's still not checkmate. What prevents the black king from "eating" that black knight?
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#97I'm not much of chess person, but I don't get it. Even if the black knight plays for white, it's still not checkmate. What prevents the black king from "eating" that black knight?
The black knight plays for black.
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#98I'm not much of chess person, but I don't get it. Even if the black knight plays for white, it's still not checkmate. What prevents the black king from "eating" that black knight?
You can't eat your own pieces
Re: The Hardest chess problem in the world?
#99For an actual legal and cool puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSKtG-8TwI0
I'm sorry for derailing this, but a) I didn't know that 'Zugzwang' is a word that is used in English, ever b) That pronounciation reminded me of watching the 'Grimm' TV Series, where everything is German based and the actors talk .. just like that
It's a specific term in chess like castling or checkmate.
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#100I moved the pawn down one space, assuming the board was backwards and the white pawn was on the second rank.