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The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
George Duke wrote on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 11:45 PM UTC:
Almost certainly even seven is not enough. It is similar to TMatS, in strategy Black just staying as completely connected as possible. How can Bare King mate anyway? He cannot, and once he crosses over behind the lines, there are promotion after promotion. (Well, let's see, sometimes with pieces in the way, eight or nine or ten moves help. But the answer is still the same: White loses with 32 moves even.)