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Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Peter Aronson wrote on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 05:26 PM UTC:

Valid point. However, this version of the problem, with white to move:

   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
8  |   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
7  |:::| P |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
6  |   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5  |:n:|   |:::|   |:N:|   |:::|   |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4  |   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3  |:B:|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
2  |   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
1  |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |:::|   |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

Should do it. After b8=K, black Nb3 is forced. After white Kb7, the black N is pretty well trapped.