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Re: how about this for a good chess problem?

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From: Lafayette Sp�sito Goyano Jota
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:00
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Well I have a good start for you: Lasker once won a game sacrificing his
queen and won about 8 moves later. The url of the diagram is
http://members.tripod.com/~tony___l/pqp1710.gif

(I put the url because i do not know how to attach files in messages. If
anyone would like to teach me, thanks!)

Horemans Johan escreveu na mensagem <364cd029.22785854@news.ping.be>...
>Ok, you guys want a chess problem? I got one for you...
>I'm a screenplay-writer (or I like to think I am), and I'm working on
>a short film in which a game of chess between two of the main
>characters is an important part of the story line.
>Basic idea is this: one of the players sacrifices his Queen in what
>seems to be a ridiculous move, but what a few moves later turns out to
>be a brilliant strategy as he wins the game. What I'm looking for is
>the board setup at that point, and the last moves. Oh yeah, one more
>thing, the Queen has to be taken by one of the Knights, and after that
>move it should be over in no more than five or six moves.
>I know this is film, so we can easily fake this, but it would be nice
>if the moves were actually possible.
>Any ideas will be greatly appreciated... (though not refunded, this is
>a very low budget film, if it ever gets made...)
>
>
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