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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:34:56 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:37:31 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:39:59 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:41:52 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:45:54 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 10:52:26 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 11:00:16 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 11:01:19 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 17, 2007 11:04:47 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 18, 2007 9:43:28 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 18, 2007 9:45:26 GMT -5
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Post by Wookiee on Apr 18, 2007 10:21:35 GMT -5
  The chess pieces being played by the skeletons in Pirates of the Carribean at the beginning of the ride are arranged in a stalemate. REPORTED: Tom and Renée Shaw 28 DEC 97Just confirming that the chess game in Pirates of the Carribean is in fact a stalemate. It's supposed to represent one of the morals to the story for the ride and was pointed out to us by our tour guide. CONFIRMED: Marla Jenkins 07 JUN 98I've got the location of the pieces: a4=white bishop, a8=black bishop, b2=white knight, b5=black knight, b7=white rook, c1=black rook, c5=white bishop, d1=white king, d4=white pawn, d5=black pawn, e3=black pawn, e6=black king, f1=black pawn, f2=white pawn, f3=black pawn, f6=white pawn, f7=black pawn, g6=white pawn, g7=black pawn, h1=black pawn, h3=black queen, h5=black rook, and finally h7=black pawn. CONFIRMED: Anthony Samhain 27 SEP 98In regards to Anthony Samhain's listing of the positions of the chess pieces: The positions listed are 1) not a stalemate and 2) not even possible to achieve using standard chess playing. A friend and I worked out the positions on a chess board. Clearly the king is in check by the rook. Therefore the king has to get out of check or it's checkmate. However both the pawns that are advanced to the last row would have been promoted. If the pawn at f1 is promoted to a queen, the king is checkmated. Of course, this argument really isn't even relevant because the situation the king is in is forbidden by the rules of chess. If there is a queen AND rook in the same row as the king, that means at one time either the king did not move out of check or moved into check. One of those pieces had to have been there first and would have forced the king out of the row. UPDATE: Grant Anderson 15 OCT 98If the algebraic notation of the chess pieces is as stated above, then there is NOT a stalemate. The White King is clearly in checkmate. This positioning is totally impossible. I've also been told that the board is arranged in a stalemate, and I believe it is, so I'm assuming the positions given in the notation above are false. UPDATE: Kurt & Gary 08 NOV 98I copied down the info and double-checked my notes. The pieces should be in the right places. I've analyzed the pieces and the layout over the past couple of weeks and I've come to realized that the layout of the pawns makes it an impossible game. Here's why: There are a few pawns in the same file -- and since pawns can only move either forward or diagonally forward, then two of the black pawns are in their original places. And in addition, if there is more than one black pawn in a file, then at least one of them had to be moved diagonally over to that rank. I counted the minimum number of moves that the pawns would've had to make in order to get where they are. The number comes up to nine. Since a pawn can only move diagonally by capturing another piece, that means that nine pieces (white) would have to have been captured, but since there are only seven white pieces off the board, this contradicts the pawn movement. Also, I figured out that the white king would have had to have been in check on his previous move, but since the king is not allowed to legally move into check, this also means that the game was imaginary. BUT there's a pattern on the board that I'm trying to crack (you know those "Hidden Mickeys"!!! There's gotta be something there). I think that it's a word-code, because some of the pieces are arranged according to the name "Walt Disney" -- that's my theory so far. It's all in the numbers. 9 pieces off the board (7 white, 2 black), 23 on the board (9 white, 14 black). 7+2=9, 7 times 2=14, 14+9=23, 23 is 32 reversed (23+9=32), etc. Coincidence? Maybe ... UPDATE: Anthony Samhain 27 SEP 98 |
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