I hadn't noticed that the reborn bQ must also guard a1 to make 6.rBxh2 legal. Now I know! Yes, the…
No of course not. It's the "$80 theme"! Unfortunately for the author, it's been done before: three times in the…
Good Kjell. I wonder whether you noticed that the bQb1 does double duty. It enables not only 3. Ra8 but…
Dear Manfred, Thanks for pointing out that the stalemates are ideal ones. --- Bala
Change of functions (or better: captures) r/b ends up in pseudo-identical specific ideal stalemates - nice!
If we could ask the originators of the idea (Balbus+Rothenberg, I think), they most likely wouldn't be willing to pay…
An amusing walk up and down (although the combination of conditions does the work almost by itself), leading to a…
The most interesting part is why the SuperCirce rebirths are precise ... well, the rebirths on h5/h7/g6 are easy, but…
I suppose the problem with the diagrammed position is the dual 3.Kf7/Kd7 in the first solution? A real problem, yes,…
bPb5 remains to be explained. It stops a cook with 1.cxb3 6.b8nQ 8.Kxd4 10.Kf3 11.nQe8 12.Kg4#.