Jane Espenson, who wrote 4.17 Superstar, says she realises that the chess puzzle is incorrectly set up. Give the girl a break though, how many of you know how to set the up Nimzowitsch Defense?
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ildjarn on July 10th, 2007 at 1:07 am
There are actually a couple of errors:
- The board is wrong (left hand corner should be black, not white)
- The position given is an advanced middle game position, while the Nimzovich defense is an opening variation
- In the position given, there’s no mate in 4 for white, nor for black.
Mel on July 10th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
And the one who did know would be Ild……nice one :o)