Dead Reckoning

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Sure - that's one valid possibility.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
OK ... I get it now.
The black king [b]cannot take a rook or queen on a8 because the game is already over.
Weird 😲

A draw while in check![/b]

Originally posted by wolfgang59
OK ... I get it now.
The black king [b]cannot take a rook or queen on a8 because the game is already over.
Weird 😲

A draw while in check![/b]

Do I understand correctly that the game was drawn as soon as for example Ra1-a8 was played? And the reason for this is that the only legal move leads to a position where a checkmate can no longer be achieved?

So normally, putting a major piece en prise is a draw after the capture, whereas here it is a draw a half-move earlier because the capture is the only move?

Originally posted by tvochess
Do I understand correctly that the game was drawn as soon as for example Ra1-a8 was played? And the reason for this is that the only legal move leads to a position where a checkmate can no longer be achieved?

So normally, putting a major piece en prise is a draw after the capture, whereas here it is a draw a half-move earlier because the capture is the only move?

Originally posted by Ponderable
that was wha I intended to say in my post 🙁

Did quite understand the rules.

I could not see how to force that position any other way than Q or R a8.
You cannot force the King to take on c3. I was way off course.

OK, here's another one. I don't know the solution to this one.

F. Perruchaud

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Dead Reckoning

Originally posted by SwissGambit
OK, here's another one. I don't know the solution to this one.

F. Perruchaud
[fen]k7/Pp6/1P6/1KpP4/2P5/8/7B/8[/fen]
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Dead Reckoning

Originally posted by SwissGambit
OK, here's another one. I don't know the solution to this one.

F. Perruchaud
[fen]k7/Pp6/1P6/1KpP4/2P5/8/7B/8[/fen]
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Dead Reckoning

Originally posted by wolfgang59
1. PxP e.p. PXP
2. Ka6 c5
3. b7++