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And you're partly right. Dah-dah is 'M' and although dit-dit-dah-dah isn't a letter I think it may have been a question mark (I can't be sure, we never used it in Oz).

It is fairly obvious that Black's last move must have been castling; his king could have not moved to g8 from any other square, and his only other moves would have been ...Re8-f8 or ...Ra1-a2, when White would have been in check before Black's move.

Now, since Black's last move was castling, his king and KR had not moved beforehand. Now the question becomes: how did the other Black rook get to a2? Black's queenside pawn formation means it must have gotten out via the kingside, but since Black's king had never moved it could never have gotten past to get out. Therefore, the Ra2 must be a promoted pawn.

Where did pawn promote? Obviously not on d1 or f1, as White's unmoved king would have been in check when it promoted. c1 is out for a subtler reason; the pawn could have promoted only by capturing a piece on c1 from d2--where it would have been checking the king, forcing it to move.

We can also eliminate g1. The pawn could have snuck in via g3, h2, and a capture on g1 with a White piece on f1 blocking the check. But how does the promoted rook get out? Only if the White king or KR move to let it out.

One last possibility. White is missing four pieces. The e-pawn, if allowed to capture all four going southwest along the dark squares, would end on up on a3. Assuming White had already captured on b3, the Black pawn could then promote on a1, and White would just need a piece on the back rank to block check from the rook until it escape.

But note that all four captures must take place on dark squares. One of White's missing pieces is his KB--which runs only on light squares. Therefore, the Black e-pawn could not have made enought captures to reach and promote on the a-file.

All of which means that, at some point, White must have moved either his king or KR, which means that he cannot castle.

Black's e-pawn would have had to make four captures to promote on the a-file, precisely on the squares d6, c5, b4 and a3.

Here's a game played by Fischer himself!

I also experienced, before I started the programme, a lot of pains (some so severe I had a lot of check ups even went to hospital to get various checks done but all was ok - my problem was centered in my eating habits and my weight or BMI) and other things - indigestion etc -and these are all things associated with being overweight (technically or "medically" I was obese and my son was morbidly obese - as my daughter defines it - she is doing an MA in Health and Psychological Science.)

I started at about 92 kgs (roughly for Americans 92 divide 6.35 gives stones then x by 14 to get pounds) - in my case approx 202 more or less pounds - my son was about 107 kgs = about 235 lbs.

Firstly we did an assessment of everything we ate and kept daily records (of everything we ate in calorific values) and we walked each day and kept foods we had a tendency to "binge on" out of the house. Also we eat smaller portions. (one example is isntead of three chicken legs and potatoes and so on - two chicken legs.)

I also practice NOT eating everything in front of me and if I do go to take aaway - say there are two chip packets - I would now throw one bag away before satrting the meal and leave part of the meal uneaten. Good practice - it is suprising how quickly one beomes accustomed to feeling full when practising this kind of method.

We avoid takeaways by and large. I stopped drinking alcohol altogether and haven't had a drink since October. We also practice eating more slowly and not eating after say 7 pm - when the body doesn't digest food very well as metabolism is slowing down. We also use a technique of problem solving.

I have lost one stone - 14 pounds or 6.35 kgs and my son has lost about 2 stone - about 12.5 kgs or 28 lbs.

Both of us are fitter and are walking faster and I no longer get the quite awful pains and cramps I used to get. Both of us feel very good. In fact I mostly feel fantastic. I also sleep better and feel better in the morning - albeit that is my worst time! I have much fewer nightmares. My son also feels vastly better and has stopped using Quik Ease and so on.

The negatives of obesity include the very high danger of diabetes, heart attack, cancers, breathing difficulties and many others.

It is not nessessary for people to *radically* change their lives (as on The Biggest Loser thing (that is interesting but thsoe people are not necessarily changing their life style in totum and the rate of change is too fast) - just to change ways of thinking about food and certain habits and to keep records of how much one eats each day - I record everything I eat and calculate the calories - to reduce I keep beow 1700 calories a day. To calculate there are books and virtually all products have the calorific details on the packet or tin or whatever - some proportional calculations are needed.

It isn't needed to go to a gym or run although as one loses sificant weight that can be an option (a choice) we mostly walk and sometimes I do other exercises. The point is to be generally more active and get more regular exercise.

Before startng on such a programme read upon the subject and get a physical check up - discuss it with one's doctor and other persons trusts.

It is certainly inadvisable to reduce too quickly - and dont radically "deny" oneself of or go on "crash diets" - as such they dont work.

Being at the "right weight" and fitness wont necessarily make one NOT have heart attacks etc but recovery will be better and the probabilty of such events decreases as weight goes down - eg cholesterol and blood pressure control is most effectively achieved in most cases by weight loss.

It's even worse, you can't do what we normally do which is to put a rook upside down for a queen. With the little ball on top of the rook that's not possible!