Author: Gareth McCaughan
Date: 16:50:50 09/15/00
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On September 15, 2000 at 11:10:38, Albert Silver wrote: [Christophe Theron mentioned this position:] >>> [D]8/PPPPPpPk/3rq3/1b1r2b1/2BR1B2/3RQ3/pppppPpK/8 w [Pavel:] >> I dont think anyone of them are possible in real chess games...... [Albert:] > I'm not so sure you're right. For example, in the second, the h-pawns > are on the 4th rank, so you could easily pass the heavy artillery > through there. Still, it is a superficial analysis at best. > If you get stuck on a deserted island, you can have fun trying > to solve it. :-) It is possible to reach that position from the starting position. Some rather random exploration got me there on move 75; I bet it can be done in 60, and it wouldn't surprise me if it could be done in 50. -- g
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