[Retros] another 8th rank mate

andrew buchanan andrew at anselan.com
Thu Dec 14 09:15:38 EST 2006


Oops I should have typed fxeB instead of gxfB. I've been dyslexic in
chess algebraic notation all my life, sigh. It should have read:

fxeB
1rbnBbnr/pppkp2p/4p3/4P2Q/8/6p1/PPPP1P1P/RNB1K1NR
PG in 19.0
"Nicolas Dupont & Andrew Buchanan" ? :-)

Cheers,
Andrew.


> Hi Nicolas,

>

> It's possible to shorten the gxfB by 1.0...

>

> gxfB

> 1rbnBbnr/pppkp2p/4p3/4P2Q/8/6p1/PPPP1P1P/RNB1K1NR

> PG in 19.0

> "Nicolas Dupont & Andrew Buchanan" ? :-)

>

> This also is one of the rare examples for this task with no

> extraneous

> promoted pieces.

>

> Cheers,

> Andrew.

>





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