Joke Problem....

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Not too tricky if you've read the rest of this thread!
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This one's a doozy.

J. Stevenson

Helpmate in 2
Black to move. Move both black and white cooperatively to effect checkmate of black on white's 2nd move.

Hint: go back to a time when certain rules were written too simply and solve like a total smart-arse.

I think that one is pretty easy. The white king being on e1 is a bit of a giveaway. Reveal Hidden Content

Originally posted by Fat Lady
I think that one is pretty easy. The white king being on e1 is a bit of a giveaway. [hidden]1. ... h2 2. Nc3 h1=white rook 3. O-O#[/hidden]

As long as you know they are 'jokes' it should be OK.

This one (Leonid Kubbel again) is no joke, it's all legal.


White takes back his last move and instead plays a move that mates in one.

The beauty is in the orginal idea and the fact it only has one solution.
(a piece has been taken, but it's not just any old piece, it has to be that certain piece.)

Originally posted by greenpawn34
As long as you know they are 'jokes' it should be OK.

This one (Leonid Kubbel again) is no joke, it's all legal.

[fen]4Q3/4p3/2K1k3/5q2/6N1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White takes back his last move and instead plays a move that mates in one.

The beauty is in the orginal idea and the fact it only has one solution.
(a piece has been taken, but it's not just any old piece, it has to be that certain piece.)

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Correct!


White retracts his last move, plays another move that checkmates Black.

White take back 1.exe8(N)=Q giving us this position.


If the piece on e8 was a Bishop or a Queen then the d7 pawn could not move to d8.

White plays 1.d8=N mate


Again if the piece on e8 was a Rook then it is not mate.
The piece replaced on the board after White retracts his move has to be a Black Knight.

Beautiful.