Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:48:50 11/06/01
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On November 05, 2001 at 10:25:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On November 04, 2001 at 12:21:12, Andrew Smith wrote: > >>I hope I can finally get a diagram to work :) >> >>[D]5q1k/8/1p3rQ1/p1p1pP1P/1pPpP2K/pP1P4/P4R2/8 w - - 0 18 > >modifying this illegal position to a legal one, so without the pawns >on a5 and b6, then diep needs a few seconds and 13 ply to find Kg5 >winning score jumps up from +4.xx to +8.xx for white then. > A little exercise: Pawn on a3 came from c7 originally Pawn on a5 came from a7 originally Pawn on b4 came from d7 originally Pawn on b6 came from b7 originally Pawn on c5 came from e7 originally Pawn on d4 came from f7 originally Pawn on e5 came from g7 originally This would require a total of 10 captures, the fewest possible to reach this position (other possibilities are same or worse). White is missing 1 pawn and 5 pieces, which means Black has made exactly 6 captures. Indeed, illegal!
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