David Paulowich wrote on Fri, May 5, 2023 03:40 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★
WHITE TO MOVE AND MATE IN EIGHT MOVES
If the Bishop was on (f4), placing all the pieces on the same board, this would be a simple mate in two moves. But I needed help from ChessV to solve the given problem. Apparently the trick is to move the White King from (b3) to (C2), effectively "wasting a tempo". Bishops cannot do this in Alice Chess - while the Bishop could travel from (F4) to (f4) in three moves, that is not actually the same square. ChessV 2.2 game record is given below.
WHITE TO MOVE AND MATE IN EIGHT MOVES
If the Bishop was on (f4), placing all the pieces on the same board, this would be a simple mate in two moves. But I needed help from ChessV to solve the given problem. Apparently the trick is to move the White King from (b3) to (C2), effectively "wasting a tempo". Bishops cannot do this in Alice Chess - while the Bishop could travel from (F4) to (f4) in three moves, that is not actually the same square. ChessV 2.2 game record is given below.
Alice Chess Player(White) = ChessV Player(Black) = Human FENStart = "16/16/16/16/2N10B2/1K14/16/1k14 w - - 0 1" StaticExchangeEvaluation = false Moves = { F4g5 b1A1 b3C2 A1a2 g5H6 a2A1 c4D6 A1a2 H6c1 a2A1 D6e4 A1a2 e4C3 a2A1 c1B2 } Result = 1-0 {White wins}