In article ,
Jud McCranie wrote:

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:40:53 +0100, Ralf Callenberg
wrote:

Yes, if the pawns are blocking each other, so that no one can move and
the kings can not reach an opposite pawn.

OK, so white pawns at a4, b5, c4, d5, etc; black pawns opposite them,
each king behind its own pawns. Thanks!
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Actually, no, because there's still a legal sequence of moves that leads
to mate (one of the kings could go run to the other side of the board).
Of course, there is no *forced* mate.

--Harold Buck


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