Talk:Maharajah and the Sepoys

Maharajah piece
The white piece should be a king, shouldn't it? &mdash; MFH:Talk 22:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * There really isn't an appropriate standard symbol for a Maharajah, which combines queen, king, and knight in a single piece. The queen symbol gives a decent hint to its power. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 07:02, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

See also Fox and the Hounds under Fox games 75.42.88.194 23:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Joshua

strategy
The above line always wins for black. It is always playable no matter what white plays (we assume black can't castle. If he can then the line becomes more simple): 1. Knight b8 - c6 2. Pawn d7 - d5 (If white Maharajah is on d5 we play 2...d6 and then 3...d5) 3. Queen d8 - d6 4. Pawn e7 - e5 5. Knight g8 - f6 6. Pawn a7 - a5 7. Rook a8 - a6 8. Rook a6 - b6 9. Bishop c8 - g4 10. Pawn e5 - e4 11. Queen d6 - e5 12. Bishop f8 - e7 13. Pawn h7 - h5 14. Pawn g7 - g5 15. King e8 - f8 16. King f8 - g7 17. Rook b6 - b2 18. Rook h8 - a8 19. Rook a8 - a6 20. Rook a6 - b6 21. Rook b6 - b3 22. Knight f6 - h7 23. Queen e5 - d4

Now if the Maharajah is on a1 then: 24. Rook b2 - b1 25. Rook b3 - b2 MATE

Else: 24. Queen d4 - d1 MATE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.9.215.80 (talk) 19:19, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

O - O?
In the list of moves black makes that guarantee victory, there's this: 13. O - O

What does it mean? 19:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Answer: It means the castle move: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.202.173.116 (talk) 13:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Stalemate
Why isn't it possible that black stalemates the Maharajah on some step? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkukiss (talk • contribs) 10:56, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

At every step (except the final checkmate) the Maharajah has someplace it can move to, wherever it is on the board. Simple as that. 99.127.245.44 (talk) 22:56, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Possible solution improvement?
I was playing around with the solution provided on a chessboard and keeping track of the spaces threatened, and I thought of two potential improvements:


 * 1) 21... Nh7 could be removed, as it does nothing
 * 2) If the Maharajah is on a1, one could still move 23... Qd1+ (which would otherwise be checkmate) and follow up with a 24... b5#

With these improvements, does the sequence of moves still guarantee checkmate? 99.127.245.44 (talk) 00:39, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Correction: I realized that 21... Nh7 cannot be removed, as it allows the bishop on E7 to guard the G-pawn (as well as having the knight guard it himself), which allows the Queen to move to D4. 99.127.245.44 (talk) 19:57, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Capitalisation
Is there any reason why in a standard sentance either "maharajah" and or "sepoys" should be capitalised? If not, this article should be renamed "Maharajah and the sepoys" with a lower case s. --LukeSurlt c 12:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)