Question

Explain why the equation has no solution.

square root(x-7) = 2

Answer 1

it has a solution . replace x by 11 and it works

Answer 2

x=11 is a solution....

Answer 3

what chessmachine said

Answer 4

e4

Answer 5

c5

Answer 6

\[\sqrt{x -3} = 2\]

Answer 7

d4

Answer 8

cxd4

Answer 9

sorry, typed it wrong!

Answer 10

c3

Answer 11

dxc3 (EW, Smith Morra Gambit?)

Answer 12

x=7 is still a solution....

Answer 13

only way i know to throw people off their damned sicilian game.
but since you know it i resign

Answer 14

Lol gg

Answer 15

i have beaten far superior players with this, just have to take advantage of the gain of tempo at some point before it is too late

Answer 16

what about: \[\sqrt{x-3} = -2\]

Answer 17

Well, GM Finegold of STL wrote a book about beating the Smith-Morra, and I've played him before ( I lived in STL for 3 years) and I was skimming his book at the STL Chess Club...so

Answer 18

^^That one has no solution; there isn't a number you can plug in for x that will generate a negative.

Answer 19

you played GM finegold then i resign before e4!

Answer 20

It was a good (and equal) position about 20 moves in; I had the White pieces in a Caro-Kann main line, and then I made a horrible touch move blunder. T.T