Article: 11655 of rec.games.chess.misc Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: Re: Use of chess as a prop in media; why can't they set up a board correctly? Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <323D1472.3C90@factory.com> <323D2212.2781@theochem.uni-stuttgart.de> <323EF84A.6F26@eos.ncsu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:23:08 GMT In article <323EF84A.6F26@eos.ncsu.edu> Arren writes: [...] = =Also, how about when the first player announces "check" only to have =the second player declare "checkmate" in response. Saw this on ="Cheers" and an A. Hitchcock tv episode in the same week! Of course, =this always comes as a complete surprise to the first player. Hassabis, George - Bhatia, Kanwal Lloyds Bank, 1994 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 e5 4.Nb5 d5 5.N5c3 Be6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nd2 0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e4 Rb8 12.f3 Nh5 13.Nb3 f5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Rxb3! 16.Ne7+ Qxe7 17.axb3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 f4 19.Re1 Qh4 20.h3 Bxh3 *drum roll* 21.Qd5+ Be6# 0-1 >From CHESS magazine last year -- -- Dave Regis &8^D* a dry, fruity red From info!strath-cs!str-ccsun!news.dcs.warwick.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!uknet!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!EU.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!schiller.vip.best.com!user Thu Sep 26 13:53:54 BST 1996