[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Peter Aronson wrote on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 05:26 PM UTC:Valid point. However, this version of the problem, with white to move: +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 8 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 7 |:::| P |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 6 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 5 |:n:| |:::| |:N:| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 4 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 3 |:B:| |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 2 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ a b c d e f g h Should do it. After b8=K, black Nb3 is forced. After white Kb7, the black N is pretty well trapped.
Valid point. However, this version of the problem, with white to move:
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 8 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 7 |:::| P |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 6 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 5 |:n:| |:::| |:N:| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 4 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 3 |:B:| |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 2 | |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 |:::| |:::| |:::| |:::| | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ a b c d e f g hShould do it. After b8=K, black Nb3 is forced. After white Kb7, the black N is pretty well trapped.