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Avatars and the Art of Drawing

I've created a number of pieces of avatar 'art' over the years, mostly for fun and many to support my user name in some respect. Most have been very simple, like the following one:

Simple is a form of elegant, in my view - but then I've never taken even a single art class in my entire life, so I could be very wrong there.

Growing tired with these understated depictions, I've now tried my hand at creating another chess-related avatar. A problem setting, this one is:

I've never tried to create a chess problem or puzzle before, so this is a newbie's work, for sure - and could turn out to be a dud.

In any case, it appears that - given the move - Black would soon make mincemeat of White, what with Black's vast material advantage. However, it is White's move, and has a number of choices to pick from. If the problem works the way I intended, White can draw this position at once or can make an inappropriate move and lose rather quickly. When I get the chance, I'll update this post with a working board.

Let me know what you think.

Post Script: An interesting question would be this: Can this position actually be arrived at by any sequence of legal (albeit ridiculous) moves? My suspicion is that it can. For example, Black has promoted three pieces and could have given up the requisite three pawns to do so. There's a few tricky things, like: a) getting the d7 rook into position, b) getting the knight to the e8 square, and c) getting both those dark-square bishops where they need to be. But these seem possible, if contrived. If you see something different, let me know.

Comments


  • 3 weeks ago

    K279

    Interesting...creating avatars and a draw problem.

  • 10 months ago

    MsJean

    http://blog.chess.com/MsJean/avatars-by-msjean

    I like to create avatars too !

  • 12 months ago

    DrawMaster

    Yes, cemc. Spot on. Indeed, any of the knight retreats work as well. I have been working on a sequel where there are NO knight retreats (e.g., placing pieces on those squares), but haven't yet been pleased with the results.

    Thx for viewing ... and finding a good answer!

  • 12 months ago

    cc3000

    easy - Nf7

  • 12 months ago

    DrawMaster

    piyushbothra25,

    Yes ... there is a very large mess of pieces on that one half of the board - and it looks quite hard to figure out what might be happening. The trick, if there is one, is that White must realize that any move which does not end the game will be a losing move by White - since Black is so VERY far ahead in material and White has no real mating chances. So ... given the theme, how can White draw quickly? What method of drawing is immediately available to White?

  • 12 months ago

    piyushbothra25

    Its really confusing.

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