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    Wow, that's quite a "machine". Commented Sep 25, 2017 at 0:17
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    To make that position reachable, black must previously have had the queen on h1 and just captured a white pawn, knight or rook on h2, which then starts the forced sequence. Commented Dec 31, 2018 at 13:10
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    Can we get attribution in the answer? Commented Jan 18, 2019 at 9:57
  • Well, Karl Scherer himself :-) See: "feenschach" 51, 07-09/1980, S. 424 for a dead wood source. (Props to "apf" from schachfeld.de!) Commented May 9, 2019 at 8:41
  • @Rewan: Not regularly, neither on MatPlus :P feenschach is a German periodical for fairy chess, anybody at MatPlus could provide you with a scan if needed ('xept me - I'm doing virtually only orthodox 2# and don't have it). Commented May 16, 2019 at 13:38