[Retros] Christmas Contest 2003 problem A

Ryan M. DoubleExclam at comcast.net
Fri Dec 26 19:55:32 EST 2003


The stipulation to problem A reads "White retracts one move and
checkmates instead". There is nothing that says a black move should be
retracted. I think you'll find it a bit easier to solve this way :)

-Ryan M.

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Thanks Joost. I assume that with no other responses, his was correct
(not that I doubt your expertise).

So in A, I will take a black move back - place the knight or king on
another square they could have come from - then do the same for white,
but then make a mating move for white.

B seems so easy that I won't try to repeat the instructions...

Thanks again all.






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