Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 08:49:53 06/25/03
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On June 25, 2003 at 05:16:17, Uri Blass wrote: >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? >> >>/Peter > >20 is possible with no castling right. > >Here is my try. > >[Event "Edited game"] >[Site "F3K9V7"] >[Date "2003.06.25"] >[Round "-"] >[White "-"] >[Black "-"] >[Result "*"] > >1. Nc3 b5 2. Nxb5 Nf6 3. Nxa7 Ne4 4. Nxc8 Nc3 5. Nxe7 Nb1 6. Rxb1 g6 7. >Nxg6 h5 8. Nxf8 h4 9. Nxd7 h3 10. Nxh3 c5 11. Nxc5 Ra4 12. Nxa4 f5 13. Rg1 >f4 14. Nxf4 Rh3 15. Nxh3 Na6 16. Rh1 Nb4 17. Ng1 Nd5 18. Ra1 Nc3 19. Nxc3 >Qd7 20. Nb1 Qd8 >* > >Uri Yes, of course... How could i forget about the castling rights? :-o /Peter
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