Posted by Pete Dougherty on March 09, 1998 at 14:36:08:
Am I missing something in problem 2? If white plays
Q-g7, isn't mate with any of the moves Q-f8, Q-g8
or q-h8 unstopable on the next move? All of the other
pieces on the board are irrelevent to the position
except the white bishop and the pawn at d7. This is a
variation on a theme Nimzovich reffered to as "seventh
row absolute", meaning that if a queen or rook can
establish a wall at the seventh row (or any other
perimiter) trapping the king behind it, other pieces
can then provide attack, leaving the king no escape.
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