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I just composed this article, in response to an reference to joke chess problem on the grotesque (chess) page. If anyone wants to improve the formatting or the introduction, or add more examples, please do so! 71.245.237.11 02:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm so glad that somebody started this! Your examples are great, but I must admit that I had something a bit different in mind when I made that reference in the grotesque article: the sort of problem which doesn't so much exploit ambiguities in the rules as radically rewrite them; [1] is an example of the sort of thing I'm talking about (though I probably wouldn't use this example in the article since I don't know how to explain away the orthodox solution 1.Qf4+ Kd5 2.Qd4#). When such problems are published, they usually carry the stipulation "Joke" as well as the "mate in two" or whatever (not to do this would be unfair to the solver). Maybe I'll get round to adding some examples of this sort of thing one day; if anybody else wants to do it in the meantime, that'd be great, of course. --Camembert 15:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Diagram 1"

Couldn't white just pawn to a8 and promote? ZoFreX 12:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Someone has just pointed out to me that this wouldn't work. Apologies for my tiredness :( ZoFreX 12:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tim Krabbé, 1972

Unless I miss something, the black Pawn at D5 breaks this puzzle, as black can move it instead of their King and survive for at least 5 moves. Is the Pawn a mistake? Zerris (talk) 14:40, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

It looks like an error to me too. I've asked the editor who added it. Bubba73 (talk), 15:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

How does Black survive for 5 moves? Even with the pawn on d5 is looks like it's over in three. Perhaps I have missed something but cannot see what. 1. e7 d4 2. e8(R)+ Kd3 3. O-O-O mate or 2...Kxf3 3. O-O mate. SunCreator (talk) 15:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the position is correct. I got to thinking that it would be the strange castling that would win, but it isn't but in that one line. Bubba73 (talk), 17:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)