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10th July 2009, 10:30am
#1
by Tajamoen
International
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The chance that you encounter a starting position like this is 1/120. This mate has been fixed and legalised thanks to ichabod801.

10th July 2009, 10:31am
#2
by razorblade12
Herefordshire United Kingdom
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Member Points: 806

lol. good spot

10th July 2009, 10:34am
#3
by jerry2468
United States
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Member Points: 771

LOL

10th July 2009, 10:35am
#4
by ADK
Santa Clarita, CA United States
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Wow!

ADK

10th July 2009, 10:41am
#5
by Baseballfan
Durham, North Carolina United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 1872

Actually, there is no chance that you will see that position in a chess960 game. The reason being that it's not a legal starting position. In Chess960, the King must start between the rooks. No position starts with the king outside the rooks like that... sorry.

10th July 2009, 10:42am
#6
by Tajamoen
International
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 420
Baseballfan wrote:

Actually, there is no chance that you will see that position in a chess960 game. The reason being that it's not a legal starting position. In Chess960, the King must start between the rooks. No position starts with the king outside the rooks like that... sorry.

Ahh.. It was so pretty :(

10th July 2009, 10:56am
#7
by ichabod801
Maryland United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 860

There, fixed that for you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe there's eight ways to get a position with that sort of mate (four variations of knights and bishops, with reflections). So 1 in 120 chance.

10th July 2009, 11:02am
#8
by Tajamoen
International
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 420

Thanks ichabod! I'll post your lines.

 
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