A form of a non-orthodox problem first proposed by Bezel in Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1848 in which the composer aims to achieve a setting showing the maximum possible of moves of a single type, such as checks, mates, stalemates… According to Tim Krabbé, the following example could be a world record of the maximum series of cross-checks. The position has to be legal, and no promotion is allowed.
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Quotes of the Day
Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
W. Steinitz
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games.
Garry Kasparov 2004
Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.
Veselin Topalov 2014
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
