Illegal Position Contest!
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EvinSung
Oct 29, 2024
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#8801
EvinSung wrote:
#8805
I think that position is legal: last move could be cxb1=R+.
Yeah I liked that one until I saw that possibility. And then whites last move before that could have been alot of things!
XPGK99 wrote:
BigDoggProblem wrote:
Am i just too low Elo to understand why this is illegal.
Elo doesn't help very much on these.
It's more like you're an arbiter checking if the rules of chess have been correctly followed.
Or better, a "chess detective" like Sherlock Holmes analyzing what happened before the diagram / scene of the crime.
It's legal unfortunately. The black rook was on c3, just before white played e5-e6 discovered check.
Oct 30, 2024
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#8807
BigDoggProblem wrote:
Can black retract Rg3 and white retract e6?
Oct 30, 2024
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#8808
Chessman265 wrote:
This is a common trick puzzle, because it appears in a semi-famous book, but is it possible for this position to be reached with white to move?
lol
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
It's legal unfortunately. The black rook was on c3, just before white played e5-e6 discovered check.
Oops. wBe6 should fix it.
BigDoggProblem wrote:
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
It's legal unfortunately. The black rook was on c3, just before white played e5-e6 discovered check.
Oops. wBe6 should fix it.
I think the new position is still legal though. Retract -1…Ne5-d7+ -2. Bd7-e6+ and both kings are out of check.
daStrwbrry wrote:
BigDoggProblem wrote:
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
It's legal unfortunately. The black rook was on c3, just before white played e5-e6 discovered check.
Oops. wBe6 should fix it.
I think the new position is still legal though. Retract -1…Ne5-d7+ -2. Bd7-e6+ and both kings are out of check.
Yep.
Half-assed composition got what it deserved.
Back in to retro-retirement.
I think #8816 is possible, unless I made some mistake
SriyoTheGreat wrote:
I think #8816 is possible, unless I made some mistake
No mistake. This would have been a good position for the Shortest Proof Game thread.
24 days ago
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#8816
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