Talk:Maharajah and the Sepoys
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Maharajah piece
[edit]The white piece should be a king, shouldn't it? — MFH:Talk 22:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- There really isn't an appropriate standard symbol for a Maharajah, which combines queen, king, and knight in a single piece. The queen symbol gives a decent hint to its power. — Gwalla | Talk 07:02, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
See also Fox and the Hounds under Fox games 75.42.88.194 23:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Joshua
strategy
[edit]The above line always wins for black. It is always playable no matter what white plays (we assume black can't castle. If he can then the line becomes more simple): 1. Knight b8 - c6 2. Pawn d7 - d5 (If white Maharajah is on d5 we play 2...d6 and then 3...d5) 3. Queen d8 - d6 4. Pawn e7 - e5 5. Knight g8 - f6 6. Pawn a7 - a5 7. Rook a8 - a6 8. Rook a6 - b6 9. Bishop c8 - g4 10. Pawn e5 - e4 11. Queen d6 - e5 12. Bishop f8 - e7 13. Pawn h7 - h5 14. Pawn g7 - g5 15. King e8 - f8 16. King f8 - g7 17. Rook b6 - b2 18. Rook h8 - a8 19. Rook a8 - a6 20. Rook a6 - b6 21. Rook b6 - b3 22. Knight f6 - h7 23. Queen e5 - d4
Now if the Maharajah is on a1 then: 24. Rook b2 - b1 25. Rook b3 - b2 MATE
Else: 24. Queen d4 - d1 MATE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.9.215.80 (talk) 19:19, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
O - O?
[edit]In the list of moves black makes that guarantee victory, there's this: 13. O - O
What does it mean? 19:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Answer:
It means the castle move: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.202.173.116 (talk) 13:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Stalemate
[edit]Why isn't it possible that black stalemates the Maharajah on some step? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkukiss (talk • contribs) 10:56, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
At every step (except the final checkmate) the Maharajah has someplace it can move to, wherever it is on the board. Simple as that. 99.127.245.44 (talk) 22:56, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
Possible solution improvement?
[edit]I was playing around with the solution provided on a chessboard and keeping track of the spaces threatened, and I thought of two potential improvements:
- 21... Nh7 could be removed, as it does nothing
- If the Maharajah is on a1, one could still move 23... Qd1+ (which would otherwise be checkmate) and follow up with a 24... b5#
With these improvements, does the sequence of moves still guarantee checkmate? 99.127.245.44 (talk) 00:39, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Correction: I realized that 21... Nh7 cannot be removed, as it allows the bishop on E7 to guard the G-pawn (as well as having the knight guard it himself), which allows the Queen to move to D4. 99.127.245.44 (talk) 19:57, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
Capitalisation
[edit]Is there any reason why in a standard sentance either "maharajah" and or "sepoys" should be capitalised? If not, this article should be renamed "Maharajah and the sepoys" with a lower case s. --LukeSurl t c 12:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)