But I think they really are double checks. nBe5 in a) and nRg8 in b) are paralysed for White, as…
Double check, but not a double check ! 🙂 Clever use of the Disparate condition. Brilliant !
The King is checkmate in Pawn posture...... (in both phases)
Cooked by .... pacemaker: 4.Ke1xBd2->e1 Bc1-d2 5.Ke1xBd2->e1 Kf8-e7 6.Ka5xBb5->e1 then 1.g6-g7+ K~ #
Good to see a Proca retractor with thematic variations, just for once! The three variations after bQ moves are echo-like,…
The content is impressive enough and at first look the construction is also impressive - single non-thematic bSb4 to guard…
For 509.1 I found hardly a cook: 1.Sf3 Sc6 2.Se5 Sd4 3.Sxd7-Sd5 Sxe2-Se3 4.Sxe7-Se6 Sxf1-Sb5 5.Sxf8-Se7 Qxd2-Qd3 6.Bh6 gxh6-c1=Q! 7.f4…
Every piece except Sc5 (which guards a flight-square in the mates) is involved in the thematic play! There are no…
A good clarification. Bd1 does obstruct Qb3, but Qb3 does not obstruct Bd1 (so the obstruction is not mutual). I…
However the idea is the same in the first solution: the nQ goes to d1 and captures nPb3 so that…