jeff@heurikon.UUCP (02/14/84)
This is my all time favorite chess problem. Unlike most "mate in two" puzzles, this one is unlikely to occur in a game. But it *is* possible to get to this position, and knowing that is the key to the solution. Since this isn't an ordinary chess problem and the solution requires a fair amount of inductive reasoning, I thought it appropriate to put this in net.puzzle, too. Try it, you'll see. Black (lower case) .-----------------. | - * - * k * - * | Part 1: White to play and mate in two. | * p * - P - * p | | - * N * P * N * | Part 2: At first blush there appear to be | * - P p K p P - | two possible solutions. Prove that | - * - P p P - * | there can be only one. | * - * - P - * - | | - * - * P * - * | Solution: I will post it in a few days. (or mail it | * - * - * - * - | to you sooner, if you beg or bribe me.) `-----------------' White (Caps) Caution: Don't confuse the "P"s and the "p"s. -- /"""\ Jeffrey Mattox, Heurikon Corp, Madison, WI |O.O| {harpo, hao, philabs}!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff (news & mail) \_=_/ ihnp4!heurikon!jeff (mail - fast)