[Retros] fake castling

Andrew Buchanan andrew at anselan.com
Sun Oct 7 10:42:08 EDT 2012



>On 10/07/2012 08:12 AM, Andrew Buchanan wrote:

>> Before wrapping up on the fake castling theme, here's another shortie

>> with White at home, but now including another familiar trope:

>>

>> 2kr1bnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKBNR

>>

>> SPG 7.0 C+ Euclide 0.99

>

>This reminds me of something I sent for the Messigny tourney a few years

ago:

>rnb1qrk1/pppp2bp/7n/5p2/8/8/PPPPPPP1/RNBQKBNR

>SPG 7.0

>Too bad about the queen on e8 though....

>Joost


Hi Joost,
Yours is as bloodless as I think is possible for this shortie task. Keeping
BQ away probably wasn't a design goal for you then.
Here's a kingside fake castling where BQ stays at home (a good idea, given
the bloodshed next door! :o)
rnbq1rk1/ppppb3/5p2/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR
SPG 7.0



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