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 1.Rxc4?? (Position by Sampsa Lahtonen)
Wednesday at The Harlequin...As so often happens in the Cup, two teams were drawn against each other before an important league game. In three-quarters of a venue-reversed dress rehearsal for Monday, the I Team faced Chesterfield. Wins on 1-4 for Jon, Chris, Kieran, and a well played positional game from Jeremy. 4-2.
With no intimidating home crowd, and no sloping pitch to make it a level playing field, a heavily outgraded II Team lost to Worksop 1-5. You can see Andrew's game collapse spectacularly here. This kind of summed up the match. Well played to Worksop and good luck in the rest of the competition.
The Worst Move Possible on a Chessboard?
Recent activity in the C Team/II Team brings to mind the position above from Tim Krabbe's (apparently discontinued) Open Chess Diary. White has plenty of (how many?) mates in 1 but could play instead 1.Qxc4, which forces 1...Rxc4#. No matter how badly you play, comfort yourself with the thought that you could never play a move this bad. Could you??
Comments (5)
12 November 2009
Andrew Hards
I challenge anyone else to move a piece one square and in doing so effectively leave 4 pieces en prise. It's possibly my proudest moment of the season to date.
16 November 2009
Oliver Phipps
By my count 39 mates in one.
16 November 2009
Oliver Phipps
sorry 40
16 November 2009
Oliver Phipps
Goddammit 43
16 November 2009
Paul B
"Higher!"
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