Aduke.1422 net.chess utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!vax135!harpo!chico!duke!bcw Fri Nov 27 01:09:57 1981 Richard Reti's chess problem I believe that the famous problem by Richard Reti is the problem reproduced below; however, the problem literature is so large that it is possible that Reti composed both problems. The theme of this problem is so similar to that of the problem given in the previous news article as to be considered an "anticipation" by modern problemist standards, although the standards at that time might not have been quite so strict. The problem given in the net article has the pieces rearranged so that the theme is identical although somewhat more lengthy (presumably to make it harder for the computer's search). -- ** -- ** -- ** -- WK White to draw: ** -- ** -- ** -- ** -- 1. Kg7, h5 2. Kf6,h4 -- BK WP ** -- ** -- BP 3. Ke5!, Kc6 4. Kf4, h3 ** -- ** -- ** -- ** -- 5. Kg3, h2 6. Kh2= -- ** -- ** -- ** -- ** ** -- ** -- ** -- ** -- -- ** -- ** -- ** -- ** ** -- ** -- ** -- ** -- Bruce Wright @ Duke University ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.