Monday, November 19, 2018

[ejshphag] Successful Marshall Attack

The main line of the Ruy Lopez Marshall Counterattack chess opening has black's queen, knight, and two bishops attacking white's king seemingly defended by only 3 pawns in an otherwise open kingside.  It's kind of miraculous that white survives.  It's amazing that Capablanca found a defense over the board against Marshall.

Modify some Marshall Attack position into a chess problem such that black's attack does succeed, resulting in checkmate or a winning advantage.  It does not have to be realistic how we got to the problem position.  This has almost certainly already been done among the many analyses of the Marshall.

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