pmn@magic.UUCP (Paul M. Nauman) (10/13/85)
Thanks to Larry Bickford (qubix!lab) for pointing out a strong refutation of Whites mating attack in chess problem #5. After the 'key' move Q-B7, Black can counter with QxR for a good game. White to mate in 2 moves: BLACK (lower case) +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | k | b | K | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | Q | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | p | n | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | b | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ WHITE (upper case) Paul Nauman bellcore!pmn Bell Communications Research Morristown, NJ