| 单词 | indian problem |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian problem Indian problem n. [so called on account of its having been introduced by Henry Augustus Loveday (1816–48), a Chaplain of the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, who sent the problem (under the pseudonym ‘Shagird’) from Delhi to the Chess Player's Chronicle in 1845] Chess a problem in which two pieces are withdrawn to allow an opponent to escape from a stalemate position, while simultaneously being used to prepare a trap in the form of a discovered checkmate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > problems jeopardyc1369 problem1817 Indian problem1846 mover1868 Indian1878 retractive problem1890 waiting problem1891 retractor1893 help-mate1897 sui1897 miniature1903 waiter1906 grab theme1909 fairy chess1914 King's (or Queen's) Indian1931 1846 Chess Player's Chron. 6 96 We now publish the names of those amateurs who have sent us the correct solution of our Indian problem. 1878 S. Loyd Chess Strategy 97 The theme of the Indian problem culminates in a stale-mating position, which has been anticipated by preparing an ambush for allowing the defence a move that may expose him to a discovered mate. 1900 Times 10 Jan. 12/1 The original Indian problem [is]..supposed to have been composed in India 50 years ago by a European. 1979 Yale French Stud. 58 109 The Indian problem with which the Indian theme originated appeared anonymously in the Chess Player's Chronicle of February, 1845. < as lemmas |
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