Chess Flint?

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19329

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Susan Hall" <shall at s...> wrote:
> >Ron:  "I take one step forward, and she'll take me - "
> >
> > and then: "He stepped forward and the white queen pounced."
> 
> If there was only one legal move that the knight could make at that point,
> and the chess board obeyed the ordinary rule that one a player has touched a
> piece they have to move it, even if they suddenly realise that they have
> made a mistake, the queen would be legally entitled to take Ron the instant
> he moved, though it is better etiquette (and psychology) to wait till the
> piece actually lands on the disputed square.

But how does Ron have only one legal move?  From any square, a
knight has at least two moves.

Robert Carnegie, exposing ignorance
Glasgow, Scotland

"I read them all when I was seven and I hated them" - unnamed American
office worker on the Harry Potter books (www.dilbert.com, List of
Stupid Things Overheard)