When I heard the news that the former World Chess Champion died at the age of 64, inside my brain I have the speculation that Robert James Fischer a.k.a. Bobby Fischer killed himself.
Maybe he would like to immortalize himself inside the 64-square (8x8) chessboard.
Russian chess players immortalized their chess games through the Russian chess magazine named “64”.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Did Robert James Fischer a.k.a. Bobby Fischer Killed Himself?
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Chess : Mates in 4 Moves
When I was a high school kid at Baguio City High School, a friend show me a chess puzzle. The puzzle it to construct a game that will checkmate Black in 4 moves from the starting position. Black should copy moves made by White. The initial moves in mind was
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. B-B4 B-B4
3. Q-R5 Q-R5
4. QxP check
NOT mate because of 4. . . . K-Q1
After few minutes of taught, I made the following solutions:
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. Q-Q3 Q-Q3
3. Q-KR3 Q-KR3
4. QxB checkmate
There are two (2) more solutions.
The idea is to capture the Queen's Bishop on the fourth move.
Can you solve it?
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