Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 01:48:56 06/25/03
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On June 25, 2003 at 04:38:09, Peter Fendrich wrote: >On June 25, 2003 at 03:58:52, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On June 25, 2003 at 03:14:02, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>[D]3qk3/8/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1 >> >>>Those knights must sure have been busy. >> >>Haha, you bring up an interesting problem. What is the least number of moves to >>reach this position? Here's my attempt, 52 plies. (suprisingly, Winboard STILL >>adds the castling rights: 3qk3/8/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQ - 0 27). >> >>[Event "Edited game"] >>[Site "RUSSELL-ATHLON"] >>[Date "2003.06.25"] >>[Round "-"] >>[White "-"] >>[Black "-"] >>[Result "*"] >> >>1. Nf3 e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nxe5 c6 4. Nxd5 Be7 5. Nxc6 b6 6. Nxa7 f5 7. Nxc8 h6 >>8. Ncxb6 Nd7 9. Nxa8 Nb6 10. Naxb6 Rh7 11. Nxe7 Rh8 12. Nxf5 Rh7 13. Nxh6 >>Rh8 14. Nxg8 Rh6 15. Nxh6 g5 16. Na4 g4 17. Nxg4 Qc8 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Rb1 >>Qc8 20. Rg1 Qd8 21. Ra1 Qc8 22. Rh1 Qd8 23. Nb1 Qc8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Nf3 Qc8 >>26. Ng1 Qd8 >>* > > >[Event "Edited game"] >[Site "D8126"] >[Date "2003.06.25"] >[Round "-"] >[White "-"] >[Black "-"] >[Result "*"] > >1. Nf3 g5 2. Nxg5 a5 3. Nxf7 e5 4. Nxe5 a4 5. Nxd7 a3 6. Nxa3 b5 7. Nxb5 >Ra7 8. Nxa7 c5 9. Nxc5 Nd7 10. Nxc8 Ngf6 11. Nxd7 Ne4 12. Nxf8 Rg8 13. Nxh7 >Rg5 14. Nxg5 Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. Nde4 Ke8 17. Nc3 Ke7 18. Nf3 Kf8 19. Nb1 >Ke7 20. Ng1 Ke8 >* > >I think it can be done better and earn maybe two more moves to 18 moves or so. >Maybe 17 is possible? Don't forget to wiggle white's two rooks back and forth. Otherwise, the castle rights are preserved.
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