23 March 2012

23 Mar 2012: an illegal move !

Today's CHESS CLUB game appeared to be a near-miniature (25 moves) and a near-brilliancy. I withstood a typically crazed attack from the Chess Pirate, losing material but building a strong defensive position. After her force was spent on a pawn-snatching diversion, I went on the assault. Clearly rattled, the Pirate blundered away her queen and the end soon followed. But then, on later analysis it turned out that the Pirate made an illegal move ! She castled illegally (her king moved through check). Thus the game doesn't really count. Had it been a legal game, here's a computer recreation of what her king saw in its last moments:


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