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Subject: Re: The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 02:52:19 01/10/03

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On January 10, 2003 at 05:35:01, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On January 10, 2003 at 04:57:50, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On January 10, 2003 at 04:55:17, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>
>>>>Your positions are illegal.
>>>>
>>>>In the first position there are 32 pieces on the board and it means that there
>>>>were no captures so there were no promotions and it is impossible to have it
>>>>when the number of white queens is bigger than 1.
>>>>
>>>>In the second and third position there are 30 pieces but it is easy to prove
>>>>that all the white pawns need to promote to get 8 white queens and 2 white
>>>>bishops with the same color.
>>>>
>>>>It is impossible to promote 8 pawns when only 2 capture are allowed because
>>>>every capture can open at most 2 new files for promotion.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>[D]k1K5/8/8/8/8/8/7P/6B1 w - - 0 1
>>>White to move.
>>>
>>>Is the above position legal? If so, what were the last two moves?
>>>
>>>
>>>Source: The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, by Raymond Smullyan.
>>
>>Na8+ Kxa8
>>
>
>Another interesting position:
>
>[D]1n2k3/p1pqppp1/1p1p1n2/3N2p1/1PB3bP/2P1PN2/1P1P1PP1/2BQK2R w - - 0 1
>
>Can white castle?

No. Your fen says white has no castle rights :)

Tony

>
>
>>Uri



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