Lesson #BCA023, "Basic Checkmates and More", subtitled, "Papal Edict". According to "The Even More Complete Chess Addict" by Mike Fox and Richard James (pg. 16-17 in my copy), the problem given was the invention of a gentleman who (seemingly) enjoyed making things up. To quote:
"A papal game, Zartobliwy v. Wojtyla, was published in Mensa's chess magazine, Kingfisher, and was quoted in the first edition of Baysford's Chess Openings (p. 51) as a line in the Veresov opening. Sadly, this too was a hoax by the Frenchman; and, it turns out, zartobliwy is Polish for facetious, or jokey."
It's an interesting problem; perhaps an additional line stating that it was part of a hoax?
Lesson #BCA023, "Basic Checkmates and More", subtitled, "Papal Edict". According to "The Even More Complete Chess Addict" by Mike Fox and Richard James (pg. 16-17 in my copy), the problem given was the invention of a gentleman who (seemingly) enjoyed making things up. To quote:
"A papal game, Zartobliwy v. Wojtyla, was published in Mensa's chess magazine, Kingfisher, and was quoted in the first edition of Baysford's Chess Openings (p. 51) as a line in the Veresov opening. Sadly, this too was a hoax by the Frenchman; and, it turns out, zartobliwy is Polish for facetious, or jokey."
It's an interesting problem; perhaps an additional line stating that it was part of a hoax?