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| Posição no romance The Bishop Murder Case (1928), de S. S. Van Dine. Código FEN: 8/8/8/8/3k4/b7/PpKP4/8 b - - 0 1. |
As Pretas jogam e dão xeque-mate em 4 lances!
(Black to play and give checkmate in 4 moves!)
No romance de mistério The Bishop Murder Case (1928), de S. S. Van Dine, alguém está matando enxadristas, e deixando um Bispo Preto em cada cena de crime. O principal suspeito é John Pardee, inventor de uma abertura de xadrez chamada Gambito Pardee, que ele espera estabelecer no jogo dos mestres. Entretanto, Pardee se suicida, desanimado após disputar um jogo contra Akiba Rubinstein no Manhattan Chess Club. Os investigadores descobrem que o jogo John Pardee vs Akiba Rubinstein havia atingido a posição acima.
(In S. S. Van Dine’s mystery novel The Bishop Murder Case (1928), someone is killing chess players, and leaving a Black Bishop at each crime scene. The prime suspect is John Pardee, inventor of a chess opening called the Pardee Gambit, which he hopes to establish in master play. However, Pardee kills himself, despondent after playing a game against Akiba Rubinstein at the Manhattan Chess Club. Investigators find out that the game John Pardee vs Akiba Rubinstein had reached the position above.)
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1 ... b1=Q+ 2 Kxb1 Kd3 3 Ka1 Kc2 4 any Bb2#
ResponderExcluirWell done, Jake!
ResponderExcluir1. ... b1=Q+!!
2. Kxb1 Kd3
3. Ka1 Kc2
4. d3/d4 Bb2#
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Markham was frowning in deep perplexity.
‘You say it’s unusual for a bishop alone to mate?’ he asked Arnesson.
‘Never happens — almost unique situation. And that it should happen to Pardee of all people! Incomprehensible!’ he gave a short ironic laugh. ‘Inclines one to believe in a nemesis. You know, the bishop has been Pardee’s bête noir for twenty years — it’s ruined his life. Poor beggar! The black bishop is the symbol of his sorrow. Fate, by Gad! It’s the one chessman that defeated the Pardee gambit. Bishop-to-Knight-5 always broke up his calculations — disqualified his pet theory — made a hissing and a mocking of his life’s work. And now, with a chance to break even with the great Rubinstein, the bishop crops up again and drives him back into obscurity.’