Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:14:19 05/04/01
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On May 04, 2001 at 14:55:43, Paul wrote: >On May 04, 2001 at 14:32:34, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On May 04, 2001 at 10:26:02, leonid wrote: >> >>>Hello! >>> >>>Had bad lack this midnight when one call came from my work. It took me 20 >>>minutes to do it but I went to my bed only at 2 o'clock. One good result from >>>broken sleep was this position that you can try to solve. It probably will >>>demand one sleepless night from your program, if you will insist on shortest >>>mate. >>> >>>[D]RnqkqnR1/qBNbNBq1/QqQqQqQ1/BrQqQrB1/3q4/8/3Q4/3K4 w- - >>> >>>Please indicate your result. >> >>How many pawns did we start with to arrive at this position? >>;-) > >16? I know I'm going to regret this, but I don't see anyhing wrong at first >glance? Not even at the second one ... :) > >Paul (who grabs a box of tissues to be ready to wipe the egg of his face) Well, I'm not sure what I thought was wrong before. I did the arithmetic and the piece counts add up as conceivable. Something still looks wrong to me, but I can't put my finger on it. However, I think it is me who needs the hand-towel. ;-)
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