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Subject: Re: Strange position - who can reach it with minimum moves?

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 09:22:15 07/11/01

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On July 11, 2001 at 11:45:17, Christoph Fieberg wrote:

>I composed the following position:
>[D]r2qk2r/8/8/qqqqqqqq/QQQQQQQQ/8/8/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 80
>
>Who can construct a game to reach it?
>
>In my first attempt I needed 161 moves (last move was 81.Ke1).

If the white K has moved, its castling rights KQ should be removed!

>Who needs less moves?

IIRC, Popeye can construct proof games.  But more than 300 plies?
I cannot imagine any program to proove the shortest proof game for such
a position... but then, what do I know?

>Best regards,
>Christoph

Regards,
Heiner



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