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TheOldReb

Yes , 1 Nf3 e6  2 Ng1 e5 

James1011James1011

Of course! How could I be so blind?!

Robert_New_Alekhine
James1011James1011 wrote:
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:

The following position is illegal because there is no legal last white move (black to move)!

 

Oh, and this position IS legal, and here's a possible combination:

 



No it isn't! As stated, in the position, it is BLACK to move. What was white's last move? There is none.

Robert_New_Alekhine
batgirl wrote:
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:

The following position is illegal because there is no legal last white move (black to move)!

If the board is facing the normal way with White on the bottom, then it's not illegal as I see it.  White's last move was axb7. Black's next move in mate.

Board is facing in the other direction.

LoLChess0

sorry james

LoLChess0

LoLChess0

it s ok?

James1011James1011

Yup! Good job.

James1011James1011
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:
James1011James1011 wrote:
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:

The following position is illegal because there is no legal last white move (black to move)!

 

Oh, and this position IS legal, and here's a possible combination:

 



No it isn't! As stated, in the position, it is BLACK to move. What was white's last move? There is none.

White's last move was Kh8.

LeBellman
Am I judging which position is the funniest?
James1011James1011

Whichever you like the most. Give it a score from 1 to 10.

tuoheng
kunfuelephant105

1st is 1NaturalDisaster bcause it looks cool. 8 out of 10

kunfuelephant105

2nd is tuoheng because it's confusing. 7 out of 10

kunfuelephant105

3rd is RookSacrifice because cunfusing and kind of cool. 5 and 1/2 out of 10

James1011James1011

My scores:

1st is 1NaturalDisaster. 9 out of 10.

2nd is LoLChess0. 6.5 out of ten.

3rd is tuoheng. 6 out of ten.

BobbyLev
Hey James19James19 (I converted from binary) - fun thread. Could you give us two examples to clarify for those of us interested who could use a hand up the flagpole.
James1011James1011

Firsts things first, 1011 converted from binary is actually 11. Now, here's the positions!

RookSacrifice_OLD

#2 is not illegal.

James1011James1011

Oh. Oh yeah! I stand corrected.