Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dalcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!dartvax!dalcs!y7179 From: y7179@dalcs.UUCP (Dave Hackett) Newsgroups: net.chess,net.puzzle Subject: Another Chess Puzzle Message-ID: <780@dalcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 12:11:52 EST Article-I.D.: dalcs.780 Posted: Fri Mar 2 12:11:52 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 01:59:06 EST Organization: Dalhousie U, Halifax N.S. Lines: 48 I've been faithfully reading net.chess, but have never participated in any network articles before. This will be my first!!! I was recently strolling around the library looking for reference material ( an exciting afternoon ) when all of a sudden a book jumped off the shelf and begged me to read it. Well that book turned out to be full of chess puzzles. I forgot about ever thing I was suppose to do and read the book from cover to cover. I would now like to challenge the other net.chess readers in trying to solve some of these problems, since I was only successful with about 4 out of 30. The first problem reads like this: Black (lower case) --------------------------------- | r | | | | | | | | White is to mate in one move |-------------------------------| ------------------------------- | k | P | R | | | | | | |-------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | Important note: |-------------------------------| The solution for this puzzle | K | | | | | | | | is no longer viable. Historically |-------------------------------| the rules for chess have been | | | | | | | | | clarified many times, and it was |-------------------------------| the last rule clarification that | | | | | | | | | no longer permits such a move. |-------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | Hint: |-------------------------------| All pieces still move the same, | | | | | | | | | think about the promotion rule!!!! --------------------------------- White (upper case) Note: This was an actual game played in a major tournament. As a final note I must give credit to the author Raymond Smullyan for these wonderful puzzles. I've given many hours trying to do them - with little success. - solution to be posted next week or mailed for those who can't wait. mail to decvax!dartvax!dalcs!y7179 Another bewildered chess player Dave Hackett