George Duke wrote on Fri, Aug 3, 2007 03:55 PM UTC:
Besides Maharajah and Sepoys, Martin Gardner books of S.A. columns have
many Chess examples. MG features this one by Lord Dunsany, who drew
Capablanca in simultaneous exhibition 1920's. White (small letters) to
R__N__B__K__Q__B__N__R play and mate in four. This is legal position
P__P__P__P__P__P__P__P that could occur in actual play of mad-Queen,
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ 'FIDE', Chess.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ kcalB no gnieb ton neeuQ kcalB :noitanalpxE
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ kcalB os, devom evah K & Q snaem erauqs
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ morf noitisop tneserp rieth dehcaer snwaP
r__n__b__q__k__b__n__r .draob fo edis rehto
h g f e d c b a Therefore (actually Move 40, or 60),
1 N-d7
If ...N-h3, mate in two more moves.
If ...N-f3, mate in three more moves.
Besides Maharajah and Sepoys, Martin Gardner books of S.A. columns have many Chess examples. MG features this one by Lord Dunsany, who drew Capablanca in simultaneous exhibition 1920's. White (small letters) to R__N__B__K__Q__B__N__R play and mate in four. This is legal position P__P__P__P__P__P__P__P that could occur in actual play of mad-Queen, __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 'FIDE', Chess. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ kcalB no gnieb ton neeuQ kcalB :noitanalpxE __ __ __ __ __ __ __ kcalB os, devom evah K & Q snaem erauqs __ __ __ __ __ __ __ morf noitisop tneserp rieth dehcaer snwaP r__n__b__q__k__b__n__r .draob fo edis rehto h g f e d c b a Therefore (actually Move 40, or 60), 1 N-d7 If ...N-h3, mate in two more moves. If ...N-f3, mate in three more moves.