Nice cooking line, Paul! Indeed, a lot of captures in T&M is very dangerous, as this condition allow capturing pieces…
I apologize for the inadequate comment I made in 5th December 2013. Indeed, mr. Hartmut Laue explicitly ruled out the…
To not create a wrong impression: I find it great to which extent friends from all over the (fairy chess…
Absolutely not true. Pawns on the first rank were ruled out right from the beginning, not "some years later". The…
So the mates show a clever kind of KoBul pins!
3.Rxd5? self-check in a) and 3.Bxc4? self-check in b)
Unfortunately, demolished by: 1.Sc3 Sc6 2.Sd5 Sd4 3.Sxe7=>Se6 Sxe2=>Se3 4.Sxf8=>Sc5 Sxf1=>Sc4 5.Sxd7=>Sd5 Sxd2=>Sd4 6.Qxd4=>Qf5 Qxd5=>f4 7.Bxf4=>Bh6 Bxf5=>Bh3 8.Sxh3=>Sd7 Sxh6=>Sd2 9.0-0-0…
This really is a beautiful problem. I haven't wanted to comment on this until now in order to take the…
Interesting how Black is forced to block 4+1 squares around his king, to allow the selfmate. I assume the computer…
Thanks Nikola for the supportive comments for using Madrasi. I usually avoid unused pieces even if they are black. However,…