Author: Paul
Date: 12:59:06 05/04/01
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On May 04, 2001 at 15:51:09, Angrim wrote: >On May 04, 2001 at 15:14:19, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On May 04, 2001 at 14:55:43, Paul wrote: >> >>>On May 04, 2001 at 14:32:34, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>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. >>;-) > >Only one piece is missing(a black bishop), so no pawns were captured. >Yet 16 pawns were converted. >Invariably it takes at least one piece capture to allow a pair of >pawns to pass each other if no pawns are to be sacrificed. >So I would conclude that this is an impossible position to reach from >the standard starting position. > >Angrim Darn ... just after I'd put the tissues back in the closet! :Paul
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