20 Nov 06
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Originally posted by Diet CokeI suggest you send him/her/it a message pointing out that mate is impossible as even if the inferior side's K is in a corner the superior side's K can only cover two of the necessary four squares, and the knight cannot cover the other two as one will be a light square and the other a dark. Out of the corner it is even more obviously impossible.
He keeps refusing!
Also from "The Laws of Chess." : -
http://fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101
Article 5.2b 'The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent`s king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a `dead position`. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the position was legal.'
So in fact the game ended after White's 46th move.
22 Nov 06
Originally posted by BLReidSeems OK to talk about this game - since it actually is OVER according to the rules of chess.
Although Diet Coke has my full sympathy here, isn't this thread a violation of the TOS? Seems feedback or a PM to Russ would be more appropriate than open discussion in the forums of a game in progress.