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Animated short, just posted today.

"Illegal Move Short Film"

plook wrote:WRT Nf7 leading to mate in five, I thought I had worked through it, as well, but then found an unforced black alternative reply to move 2 that goes well beyond 5.

EDIT: OK, I see now that it's possible to mate in five no matter which black reply is made in move 2.

Nice classic puzzle Douglas. I was able to work out mate in five with the starting move of Nf7. Being impatient (and it was getting late), I finally broke down and plugged the position into HIARCS. A-ha! I didn't think of that move... Greg Greetings, Greg. I'm glad you enjoyed this 151 year-old puz...

I happened across this chess puzzle from the 1864 Illustrated London News and it has one of the most interesting solutions I've seen. White to move, mate in three. I must admit that I could not find the solution, and after a few minutes consulted Stockfish. Perhaps most of you will not be as challen...

sounds like a ploy to have the buyer feel more confident that the computer is not defective anyway..it sold for $395..not bad for a computer that is almost certainly Defective Regards Steve Or did it? The listing shows "Reserve Not Met", so the seller could possibly relist the auction and...

I think Steve's referring to the old "I don't have the power cord game". correct the ol trick rears its ugly head yet again Make it 44 Regards Steve Elite A/S Challenger Chess Auction is about to end (reserve currently not met) and I notice the seller added this: On Nov-12-15 at 12:02:20 ...

Strange eBays indeed Regards, Douglas very strange even stranger ...is this "Raffle" offer ..recently posted ..on this now Defunct dedicated chess computer web site http://users.boardnation.com/~chesscomputers/index.php?action=recent Bingo Night Regards Steve That doesn't sound sketchy at...

Well, at least he's not quite as bad as this guy selling an Ivan who somehow thinks it's a Radio Snack 1650L Plus reading his "terms and conditions" hurts my eyes and brain! Probably contributing to why his "1650L" has been relisted 3 times now with no apparent interest. He seem...

Well, at least he's not quite as bad as this guy selling an Ivan who somehow thinks it's a Radio Snack 1650L Plus reading his "terms and conditions" hurts my eyes and brain! Probably contributing to why his "1650L" has been relisted 3 times now with no apparent interest. He seem...

Well, at least he's not quite as bad as this guy selling an Ivan who somehow thinks it's a Radio Snack 1650L

PORTABLE 1650L CHESS COMPUTER BY RADIO SHACK

I guess the manual confused him.

One of these things is not like the other Regards,

Douglas

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad to hear it's not just mine. I don't own any zinc-carbon batteries, but I've tried alkaline and rechargeables of various brands. Both are ever so slightly too long. I think I may select a set of good rechargeable batteries (eg. ENELOOP ) and grind a small amount from ...

I have a slight problem with one of my chess computers, the Radio Shack 1650 Fast Response (equivalent to the SciSys Concord, if I am not mistaken) which I purchased when I worked for Radio Shack in the 1980s. It is the only set I own that accepts 4 AA batteries in a single row (as opposed to 2+2 or...

Sold for $1600 + shipping! A good price? Saitek Kasparov RISC 2500 chess computer - rare working - Mephisto Montreux http://www.ebay.com/itm/351501208575 Looks like it wasnt coz nobody bid... This is very odd. It shows up in a list of Sold listings on desktop, but from mobile it says "Unsold&q...

Sold for $1600 + shipping! A good price?

Saitek Kasparov RISC 2500 chess computer - rare working - Mephisto Montreux
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351501208575

actually we don't know what it sold for the seller accepted the best offer and there is no info on the final price my guess would be something under $1000 which is fair for the Montreux which is a rare computer certainly far rarer then the Saitek 2500 Less Then Full Transparency Regards Steve You a...