[Archive!] Pure mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc.: brain-training problems not related to trade in any way - page 625

 

That's for sure. But mate, the bastards, still put it before white.

Here's a link to a breakdown of the variations, if you can't find the chess at hand.

 
Thank you, the board helped a lot, it solved it straight away :), which means a lack of practice, without the board you can't solve...
 
I've even been struggling with it for a long time. Moscow refuses to accept idiocy as an option - so you basically spin the same thing a dozen times...
 
Pardon me, I lied. There's only one loophole left. My head refuses to think.
 

At first I got the queens mixed up with the kings and it took me a long time

and then it worked :)

 

No way, I don't believe it. :)

The only achievable position in four moves is mate-like:


(h5, d5, Fd6+, Ff4), but it's not mate, black has a cover g4.

Alexei, confirm that there is a correct solution and all this is not a joke.

 
MetaDriver:

(h5, d5, Fd6+, Ff4), but it's not mate, Black has cover g4.

G4 is not possible.
 
TheXpert:
G4 is not possible.
Why?
 
MetaDriver:

No way, I don't believe it. :)

The only achievable position in four moves is mate-like:


(h5, d5, Fd6+, Ff4), but it's not mate, black has a cover g4.

Alexei, confirm that there is a correct solution and all this is not a joke.



h5, d5, Fd6+, Ff6
 
Reshetov:


(h5, d5, Fd6+, Ff6)

A beautiful solution.

Although... There White can leave Krg3.