26 Sep 06
Sorry about my notation oddities. My father taught me old school notation when I was 8 and the best I've been able to do since is a bastardized hybrid of it and algebraic notation. What I was trying to suggest was:
1. h8=Q a1=Q
2. Qxa1+ Kb8
3. Qh8 Ka8
4. Kd7#
Unfortunately (I'll blame it on the hour I wrote it) I didn't play the Black King from the correct spot and made a typo on the third move. But, with a little more coffee I figured out my problems and also found out that what I was suggesting failed anyway (would have ended with stalemate after Qxa1). Thanks for pointing it out for me.
01 Oct 06
Originally posted by foozefooze, I'm afraid you'll need to have more coffee. You are missing the whole puzzle. The starting position of the puzzle is that black's king is on b8. Therefore if you start your solution with
Sorry about my notation oddities. My father taught me old school notation when I was 8 and the best I've been able to do since is a bastardized hybrid of it and algebraic notation. What I was trying to suggest was:
1. h8=Q a1=Q
2. Qxa1+ Kb8
3. Qh8 Ka8
4. Kd7#
Unfortunately (I'll blame it on the hour I wrote it) I didn't play the Black Ki ...[text shortened]... iled anyway (would have ended with stalemate after Qxa1). Thanks for pointing it out for me.
1. h8=Q a1=Q, and then
2. Qxa1, black's king has no legal move and therefore the game ends in a stalemate immediately.
01 Oct 06
Originally posted by ckoh1965Read his last paragraph over again.
fooze, I'm afraid you'll need to have more coffee. You are missing the whole puzzle. The starting position of the puzzle is that black's king is on b8. Therefore if you start your solution with
1. h8=Q a1=Q, and then
2. Qxa1, black's king has no legal move and therefore the game ends in a stalemate immediately.