[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Waiter, check please? Check please? Check please? Check please...

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Waiter, check please? Check please? Check please? Check please...
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1200285385.shtml


   For those who enjoy the arcane in chess, Tim Krabbé's fantastic
   [1]Open Chess Diary is the place to go. The latest entry, #374, shows
   Finnish composition Grandmaster Unto Heinonen's new record-breaking
   achievement, a position in which 49 consecutive checks can be
   delivered. I'm glad to maintain my primary interest in "real" chess,
   but even so I have to admit that Heinonen's feat is truly amazing. You
   can see the position and replay the checking series on Krabbé's site,
   but if you'd like to replay it on a bigger, clearer board, then have a
   look [2]here.

References

   1. http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/heinonen_49checks.htm