Dec-29-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is a position that Pollmacher created with Schurig, Barbe, Bezzel, Grimm, LaForest, which appeared in the "Illustrierte Zeitung" of 1859: click for larger viewThis position demonstrates the maximum number of possible checkmates in one move. Can you guess how many there? Don't peek at the solution below! There are 40 possible checkmates: a8=♕#, a8=♗#, ♖c8#, ♖c7#, ♖c6#, ♖c5#, ♖c3#, ♖c2#, ♖cc1#, ♖a4#, ♖b4#, ♖d4#, ♖e4#, ♖f4#, ♖g4#, ♖h4#, ♘c1#, ♘b2#, ♘b4#, ♘c5#, ♘f4#, ♘f2#, d8=♕#, d8=♖#, ♘c7#, ♘f6#, ♗b8#, ♗c7#, ♗d6#, ♗d4#, ♗c3#, ♗b2#, ♗a1#, ♗f6#, ♗g7#, ♗h8#, ♗f4#, ♗g3#, ♗h2#, e4#, ♕e6#, ♕f7#, ♕e4#, ♕f3#, hxg8=♕#, hxg8=♗# |