Occasionally. I can usually only win against my sister though. I'm not that good at it.

It's a nice idea, but I think it would take far too long and people would get bored of it too quickly.

Plus, we'd all need to learn chess notation.

I've done 2) by accident before, but I couldn't tell you a solution without doing it by accident again.

I can't remember the exact moves, but I think for 3), black wins on their 2nd turn.

And I've tried 1) many times and never succeeded.

White: F2 to F3.
Black: E7 to E5
White: G2 to G4
Black: D8 to H4

King is completely blocked in. Black wins.

Wanna practice (1)? Go to: Knights Move (I got 67after a *few* attempts)

Or just play Chess against the computer.

I have thought about online chess. I believe that online gaming has cheats on it, though ... they use programs to advise them on moves.

But what would be wrong with Chess on the forum (between honourable friends) ... people used to play chess by mail!

Solution to (2) :
a4, b7, c5, d3, e1, f6, g8, h2.
For those who don't understand that.....
From the side facing you, start counting rows 1,2,3 upwards. Start from the extreme left column and go towards right. The sequence :-
4  7  5  3  1  6  8  2
(There are more arrangements possible, this is one of them).

Solution to (1) : I have done that a few times before, failed far more many times. But to mathsyperson, i'd suggest, start from the left knight's position and go in circles completing the outer layers and then enter the inner squares.

Solution to problem (3) : Black wins!
The moves:-
1. e 4, d6
2. f4, Qh4, Checkmate! Thats also known as Fool's mate! Probably Zach thought that wasn't an acceptable answer. But thats what I had in my mind at the time I posted the problem.

You are correct, siva.eas.
I posted that in a hurry. A minor mistake. The first move should be
1. e4, e6

I heard on the news, you folks in the UK just got a lot of snow!  Hope you like it.

Last edited by John E. Franklin (2005-12-29 10:35:25)

Combined chess-domino question:
Prove that the chessboard with two opposite corners cutted cannot be overlayed with 31 same domino bricks. Each of the brick overlays exactly 2 chessboard cells.

Last edited by krassi_holmz (2005-12-29 13:44:46)

krassi_holmz, go to this page of my website. That shows how mathematicians think and solve problems.

krassi_holmz wrote:

Here's how must the chessboard look like:

It cannot be overlayed with 31 domino pieces because the square that are taken apart are both black pieces. As a result there will be thirty two white pieces and 30 black square, making it impossible for 31 domino pieces to cover the unequal number of white and black squares.

I also play chess, online and offline, though I'm not too good at it as I always lose to people who have strategies behind their moves.

Although I like playing chess, I haven't had the time to play it recently, because I have some other matters I have to handle with, though I would like to see some strategies or problems involving chess posted on this thread.

I don't have anything to provide you with, because I lack knowledge on it. I'm very sorry if it disappoints you, but I guess nothing can really help it.