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19th March 2008, 08:14am
#1
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681

sorry for the title, but it attracte peoples to the post...

the challenge is like this: find a leagel position where white have maximal advantage (which means he have 9 queens and all his pieces while black have nothing) and he can't win (which means it's a draw)...

Have fun... 

P.S. The hard part is that it should be whites turn when he can't win at any cost (without cheating or fingers to the eyes)

for exemple:

 

in the position even if it'swhites turn the position is still drawn... the problem with the position is that it's ileagel because white can't get to this position without a stalemate, so you need to find a leagel position like that


19th March 2008, 08:16am
#2
by Sunshiny
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 780
9 queens = no pawns, correct? Or will it be 9 queens and all pieces including pawns?
19th March 2008, 08:20am
#3
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681
9 queens = no pawns I sayed leagel position
19th March 2008, 08:21am
#4
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681
ohh and I forgot to mention that there should be also a movelist to the position
19th March 2008, 08:21am
#5
by teal604
Winnipeg Canada
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 102
That would be easy to create a stalemate.  Do you mean without putting black in stalemate?
19th March 2008, 08:26am
#6
by God2
Malaysia
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 1082
Boring304 wrote:

sorry for the title, but it attracte peoples to the post...

i be trap by ur title!!

well,i think the game is like this


19th March 2008, 08:28am
#7
by Vulpoon
I own the United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 125
 Sort of like that?....

19th March 2008, 08:29am
#8
by Sunshiny
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 780

There's no movelist, but i imagine it could look something like this:


19th March 2008, 08:30am
#9
by teal604
Winnipeg Canada
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 102
Boring304 wrote:

...which means he have 9 queens and all his pieces...


 


19th March 2008, 08:32am
#10
by teal604
Winnipeg Canada
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 102
Sunshiny got it right with all whites pieces, just a stalemate.
19th March 2008, 08:35am
#11
by Unicorngirl
Wyoming United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 35
One thing, that's alot of queens! take a lot of work to get that many, never seen it done, on the puzzle i know all the pawns are promoted to queens but other than that Im lost, with so many queens it would be easy to stalemate but i don't know about the movelistUndecided
19th March 2008, 08:35am
#12
by Rael
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 5084
Black would have to play atrociously to lose all of his/her pieces without taking a single piece of white's. So your move list looks like a person playing suicide chess on Black's side.
19th March 2008, 08:39am
#13
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681

Now the hardest part: it should be whites turn when he won't be able to win!!!

 

and by the way, the game is catastrophic for black 


19th March 2008, 08:42am
#14
by TalFan
Perth Australia
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 770

Please tell me I win something

 


19th March 2008, 08:44am
#15
by Chessstudent
St.Louis United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 335
excuse me but, aint crack illegal?
19th March 2008, 08:44am
#16
by Sunshiny
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 780

White to move?


19th March 2008, 08:45am
#17
by Cleive
Sweden
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 84
Not the least number of moves maybe but i didnt want to try and optimize it :)
19th March 2008, 08:45am
#18
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681
TalFan wrote:

Please tell me I win something

 


 You've solved the first one now you can move to the hard one: It's white's turn when he can't win


19th March 2008, 08:52am
#19
by TalFan
Perth Australia
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 770
Cleive wrote: Not the least number of moves maybe but i didnt want to try and optimize it :)

That looks about right


19th March 2008, 09:00am
#20
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 681
Sunshiny wrote:

White to move?

 


 If it white to move your position is ileagel beacuse black had no moves in his turn


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