Tuesday, May 14, 2013

[bqdiynnv] Worst possible move

Devise a selfmate in 1 chess position which also maximizes the number of direct mate in 1 moves available.  You had many ways to win, but you picked the one move that loses: not just loses, but forces your opponent to win.

However, the worst possible move in chess is to resign after giving checkmate, perhaps not realizing you had won.  Devise a vaguely realistic position that that might happen: perhaps a forced move giving a distant discovered checkmate (so perhaps the previous position was a selfmate in 1), which, if it could be ignored, the checkmated player could quickly regain an overwhelming advantage.

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