More Chess & More than Chess: on-line supplement

graphicsDir=bpainter/ files=12 ranks=12 whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b graphicsType=png squareSize=50 darkShade=#FF0000 lightShade=#AAAAAA rimColor=#000000 coordColor=#FFFFFF firstRank=1 maxPromote=2 promoChoice=QGL promoZone=1 symmetry=none pawn::fmWfceFfmnnD::f3,g6,j3,k4,l10,,d10,f8 prince::KfmnnD:admiral:h2 knight:N::: bishop:::: rook:::: queen:::: elephant::FA:elephant2:,,l12 camel:M:::k7 cannon:::vao: eagle:G:FyafsF:griffon: lion::KNAD:lion2: king::KimAimDimN::i4,,d11 enableAI=0 moveList=1. j5 d8 2. j7 d6 3. j9 d4 4. j11 d2 5. j12=G {With great strides, white's j-Pawn managed to get promote. White chooses an Eagle to promote with check, to preserve the chance to get the black Pawn before that promotes.} Kd10 {The book discusses 5... Kc12, but then the black Pawn is lost immediately to the fork 6. Ge11+. With this move the King covers both potential forking squares c11 and e11.} 6. Gb11 {White has to keep checking to prevent promotion; when black would promote to Eagle there would be no way to attack it from a blind spot. A Queen or a Lion could still be forked by white's Eagle as easily as a Pawn.} Ke9 {When the King stays on the d-file, the Griffon has the entire c-file to fork or skewer King and Pawn.} 7. Gc8 {Forks King and Pawn, to squash black's last hope.}
 
 

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