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Subject: Re: THE 16 PLY CHALLENGE!

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.

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