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Date: 18 Jun 2005 05:08:26
From: John J.
Subject: Cute position...
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6k1/5ppp/pB6/3br3/Pp6/5QPq/1P3P1P/2R3K1 w - -
White to play and win. I must admit I didn't find the solution. I'm sure
many of you will find it easy.
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Date: 08 Oct 2005 09:06:50
From: Tony Mountifield
Subject: Re: Cute position...
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Replying to a 4-month-old posting (having only just subscribed)...
In article <e%Nse.92285$VH2.87461@tornado.tampabay.rr.com >,
John J. <detectorist@hotmail.com > wrote:
> 6k1/5ppp/pB6/3br3/Pp6/5QPq/1P3P1P/2R3K1 w - -
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> White to play and win. I must admit I didn't find the solution. I'm sure
> many of you will find it easy.
It wasn't easy, but I think g4 works, followed by Rc8+. Black can
only stop the back-rank mate by giving up his queen.
Question: In the Forsyth notation above, I assume the 'w' means white
to move. What do the two dashes after that mean?
Cheers
Tony
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Date: 08 Oct 2005 12:54:52
From: Joost de Heer
Subject: Re: Cute position...
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>>6k1/5ppp/pB6/3br3/Pp6/5QPq/1P3P1P/2R3K1 w - -
> Question: In the Forsyth notation above, I assume the 'w' means white
> to move. What do the two dashes after that mean?
No en passant capture possible, no castling possible.
Joost
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Date: 08 Oct 2005 21:51:48
From: Tony Mountifield
Subject: Re: Cute position...
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In article <4347a57d$0$11074$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl >,
Joost de Heer <joost@localhost.invalid > wrote:
> >>6k1/5ppp/pB6/3br3/Pp6/5QPq/1P3P1P/2R3K1 w - -
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> > Question: In the Forsyth notation above, I assume the 'w' means white
> > to move. What do the two dashes after that mean?
>
> No en passant capture possible, no castling possible.
Thanks.
I've now discovered that the above is actually an extension of Forsyth
Notation called Forsyth-Edwards Notation or FEN. Nicely described at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth_notation
Cheers
Tony
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Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk
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