the knight can take the rook last, but the queen can make the checkmate? like the knight takes the rook and moves out of the way for a queen to make the checkmate. get what im saying?
if you read the page, at the bottom, the guy who didn't figure it out argued that it wasnt stated properly.
..."When I told him the solution on the phone I could hear Mikhail Botvinnik gasp in the background. And Garry, who was convinced I had stated the problem incorrectly, couldn't believe that he and his students had missed it."...
the knight can take the rook last, but the queen can make the checkmate? if you read the page, at the bottom, the guy who didn't figure it out argued that it wasnt stated properly...."When I told him the solution on the phone I could hear Mikhail Botvinnik gasp in the background. And Garry, who was convinced I had stated the problem incorrectly, couldn't believe that he and his students had missed it."...
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the mate doesn't have to be by the knight as far as i know. that would eliminate some of your ideas
maybe the king/rook castles and the knight takes that rook, while moving out of the way for a queen?
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plus, you can't put yourself into check, let alone checkmate
your 3rd move. you cannot go from a3-d3 because you are ignoring the check that the knight has on the king.
promoting a pawn? wouldn't that invlove much more than 5 moves?
the condition is to take a rook on the last move. you didn't.
the knight can take the rook last, but the queen can make the checkmate? like the knight takes the rook and moves out of the way for a queen to make the checkmate. get what im saying?
..."When I told him the solution on the phone I could hear Mikhail Botvinnik gasp in the background. And Garry, who was convinced I had stated the problem incorrectly, couldn't believe that he and his students had missed it."...
if you read the page, at the bottom, the guy who didn't figure it out argued that it wasnt stated properly.
the knight can take the rook last, but the queen can make the checkmate? if you read the page, at the bottom, the guy who didn't figure it out argued that it wasnt stated properly. ..."When I told him the solution on the phone I could hear Mikhail Botvinnik gasp in the background. And Garry, who was convinced I had stated the problem incorrectly, couldn't believe that he and his students had missed it."...
that means ther can only be FOUR more moves after the 1.e4. looks impossible