[Retros] fake castling
Andrew Buchanan
andrew at anselan.com
Sun Oct 7 10:42:08 EDT 2012
>On 10/07/2012 08:12 AM, Andrew Buchanan wrote:
>> Before wrapping up on the fake castling theme, here's another shortie
>> with White at home, but now including another familiar trope:
>>
>> 2kr1bnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKBNR
>>
>> SPG 7.0 C+ Euclide 0.99
>
>This reminds me of something I sent for the Messigny tourney a few years
ago:
>rnb1qrk1/pppp2bp/7n/5p2/8/8/PPPPPPP1/RNBQKBNR
>SPG 7.0
>Too bad about the queen on e8 though....
>Joost
Hi Joost,
Yours is as bloodless as I think is possible for this shortie task. Keeping
BQ away probably wasn't a design goal for you then.
Here's a kingside fake castling where BQ stays at home (a good idea, given
the bloodshed next door! :o)
rnbq1rk1/ppppb3/5p2/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR
SPG 7.0
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