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Escher's Smothered Mate

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Rickdeckard
Jan 2, 2008
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I just noticed a piece of Escher art where black can achieve a smothered mate in two. Escher was a chess player, after all. : )

See it here.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Escher%2C_Metamorphosis_II.jpg

 

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erikido23
Jan 2, 2008
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Absolutely awesome.....I had seen a exhibit of his stuff in the sacramento museum of art.  Even more amazing in person.  The detail is amazing.