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From: pmn@magic.UUCP (Paul M. Nauman)
Newsgroups: net.games.chess
Subject: Chess Problem #6 and correction to #5
Message-ID: <619@magic.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 16:22:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 13 16:22:29 1985
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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