Weird Position Challenge

Originally posted by Jirakon
[fen]QQQQQQQQ/QQQQ1QQQ/QQRBRKQQ/QQBQBQQQ/QQRNRQQQ/NQnQQQQQ/1RQQQQQQ/k1NQQQQQ[/fen]

The thing I love about this position is that White has a 466 to 3 material advantage over Black, yet Black can mate in one and White can't.

Originally posted by SwissGambit
J.Lois, 1981
[fen]8/8/2k5/8/2p5/5K2/8/8[/fen]
Add a White piece and 2 bP for an Illegal Cluster
[b]Five solutions

Illegal Cluster: An Illegal position that becomes legal if any unit (besides a King) is removed.[/b]

LOL...better sign that scoresheet quick before the opponent notices the position is slightly illegal

You wouldn't rat me out, would you? 😛

MU HA HA! 😀

Originally posted by SwissGambit
LOL...better sign that scoresheet quick before the opponent notices the position is slightly illegal 😀

Originally posted by Jirakon
LOL...better sign that scoresheet quick before the opponent notices the position is slightly illegal

You wouldn't rat me out, would you? 😛

Hey, those queens aren't mine! It's my opponent's fault. He stole them all. You know what they say, "Cheaters never prosper."

Originally posted by Jirakon
Hey, those queens aren't mine! It's my opponent's fault. He stole them all. You know what they say, "Cheaters never prosper."

Well, my opponent did at first, until he realized they smothered him. Power corrupts 😉

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Can White win?

It's a little ironic that your opponent managed to position the stolen pieces in a way that would allow you to checkamte him with a knight. Aint that a kick in the face? Way to play along with it 🙂

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Composer unknown
[fen]k7/1pP5/1P6/8/8/K4rPR/1PPPPP2/8[/fen]
Can White win?

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Composer unknown
[fen]k7/1pP5/1P6/8/8/K4rPR/1PPPPP2/8[/fen]
Can White win?

Originally posted by ChessJester
To avoid mate he must allow stalemate or draw by 50 move rule.

Originally posted by geepamoogle
(Just as a matter of record, double check is only possible by means of discovery where the piece moving out of the way also threatens to take the king.)