@divegeester said
Actually this was a typo; it’s called “the dopeler effect”.

😂

I'm stealing this.

Edit. Found this... It's hilarious.

https://www.michaelhartzell.com/blog/dopeler-effect-the-tendency-of-stupid-ideas-to-seem-smarter

@pettytalk said
Down boy! Don't bite what you can't chew.

I have quoted the succinct part, which introduces a clear and brief idea for the connection. The rest of the 1000 words were intended to aid any intellectually challenged minds in grasping the idea, in so many words. Learn how to count, besides how to think. The word count was 606, not 1,000.

I hope your rabies vaccination is ...[text shortened]... of how ancient philosophical ideas can be integrated with religious beliefs to enrich both domains."

I'm sure in your own mind, building large word castles and getting lost in them constitutes "thinking".

Your posts are "tales of sound and fury signifying nothing".

"Succinct", then posts 1,000 words. 🤦‍♂️

@orangutan said
If that were true then I'd have a lot more energy.
🙁

You've got plenty of energy! It's just that none of it is kinetic. 🤓😂

@divegeester said
E = mc2

Can (I think ) be solved for m by: m = E/c2

The inference being that energy and mass are reversible such that mass can be converted into energy (as in a nuclear bomb), but energy can also be converted into mass, as in creation.

Something to think about.

Feynmann said, if not for the unfortunate choice of the second as the unit of time, that the equation is just:

e = m

Energy equals mass.

@galveston75 said
I know there are a few here that have no intention of learning anything about the process that was set in motion after 1914 by Jesus who after throwing satan out of heaven, started ruling over his followers here on earth. The light of understanding of what was starting here on earth with ones who were breaking away from the churches that were not teaching truths in their ...[text shortened]... r the love and concern that we have for you and your future........ but you are running out of time.

That's the fun part of being in a religion! Since it's all made up anyway, if the last chapter of the book didn't turn out to be The End, you just write some more chapters!

It's not failed prophecy; it's a chance to add some new books to the catalog! 😂

YouTube : Ekaterina Shelehova - Earth M...

Primal start - Epic

@fmdavidhlevin said
I find the thread title in bad taste. There are ample kinds of word play that don't risk making the reader anxious about someone's physical safety.

Agreed...it's click-bait. People so desperate for attention that they exaggerate. As if "Carlsen loses rapid game to 10 year old" wouldn't have worked!

@greenpawn34 said
Hi BigDogg,

It's not that I do like them, I do in a way, it is just that I get sucked in and other
things get left undone and appointments missed.

That one you set in 2020 (gosh as long ago as that?) by Unto Heinonen.
I got a full article out of it CHESS monthly in January 2021. I'll give the meat of it.

Murder in 22 Moves.

A very clever person once worked ...[text shortened]... Rh2 Nb5 16. Ba3 Nd4 17. O-O-O Nf5 18. Re1 Ng3 19. Re3 Nf1 20. Rg3 g5
21. Ndf3 Nd2 22. Rg4 Nb1[/pgn]

That one is a great problem. It was made for a composing tournament, and won a prize [although not 1st, as I thought it deserved].

@greenpawn34 said
It is good. Very good. I did look at 3.Kxe7 for about 3 seconds a day before
you gave me the hint. Of course I tried pawn to a4 first and it soon dawned on me
that it is a2-a3. Tell the composer I hate him.

Well, I'm thinking it's more the genre of problem [Proof Games in general] that you'd hate, so I won't put that all on him. 🙂

In this problem and many other PG's, one side's moves are set in stone. The only question is the move order. I think for new solvers, this feels like an annoying constraint.

Over time, however, it actually helps save solving time because you learn not to waste any time on moves that aren't on the list.

And then after you get practiced at them, you see problems where both sides have 'spare' moves and paradoxically miss the constraint, because it was a logical thread that lead to a solution.

@greenpawn34 said
At last!

[pgn]
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nd5 Ne4 3. Nxe7 Kxe7 4. a3 Ke6 5. a4 Ba3 6. a5 c5 7. a6 Nc6
8. axb7 Rb8 9. bxc8=N Rb5 10. Ne7 Qb6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nd8 13. Nb1 Rc6
[/pgn]

SOLV'D

This was composed by a person on another site.

I thought it was a good intro problem. The theme is sacrificing an N, promoting a replacement, and bring it home (Pronkin theme). The tempo move a3! is a nice touch.

@pianoman1 said
Chess is warfare. On the battlefield even the most chivalrous (and British) warrior would not greet his intended victim with a polite “Good morning, old chap” before running him through with his sabre.

It is, and it isn't.

In chess you can win with only one pawn left. In war, that's not a victory.

@greenpawn34 said
This is best I can do, I am probably being stupid missing something obvious.
I've given up.

[pgn]
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nd5 Ne4 3. Nxe7 Na6 4. a3 Rb8 5. Nxc8 Bxa3 6. Nd6+ Ke7 7.
Nxb7 c5 8. Nd6 Rb5 9. Nc4 Qb6 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. Nd5+ Ke6 12. Nc3 Rc6 13. Nb1
Nb8[/pgn]

3...Kxe7!

Edit: thanks for being a good sport and giving this a try even though I know these aren't your favorite type of problem.

@greenpawn34 said
This is the best I can do so far.

[pgn]
1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Nf6 3.a3 Bxa3 4.Ng6 c5 5.Ne7 Nc6 6.Nxc8 Rb8 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Nxb7 Ke6 9.Nd6 Rb5 10.Nf5 Qb6 11.Nh4 Rc8 12.Nf3 Nd8 13.Ng1 Rc6 {That is 13 moves, I am a move short. It is the e7-e5 move.} [/pgn]

That's a good start.

From the opening, Black has two moves he can play without any help from white: Ng8-f6, and Nf6-e4.

So the new goal is to find some white moves that help black make a move that is on the 'permitted moves' list. White has 3 moves to do something that gives black a move. What can he do?

@greenpawn34 said
Had a look last night.

[fen]3n4/p2p1ppp/1qr1k3/1rp5/4n3/b7/1PPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w[/fen]

Working on a theory the b-pawn takes on a2, b1 Knight off taking things, the
h8 Rook, the e7 pawn and c8 Bishop. a1 rook moves to b1, black pawn on a2
promotes to Rook, that Rook goes to b5 or c6, white b1 Rook goes back to a1
to vacate b1 for Knight to return home. (or something like that.)

A good way to begin is to list each piece and count the minimum number of moves it needs to reach its destination.

For black:
K takes 2 moves
Q takes 1
Rs take 2 each
Bf8 takes 1
Nf6-e4 is 2
Nc6-d8 is 2
c7-c5 is 1
----
13 moves total

Given that the stipulation is 13 moves, black has no spare time.

This means he can't move the b7 pawn. White has to clear that out for him, along with the other missing pawn and B.