Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 09:46:38 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 It was hard to beat. I could only get the same. 20 moves: [Event "Edited game"] [Site "D8126"] [Date "2003.06.25"] [Round "-"] [White "-"] [Black "-"] [Result "*"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 Nf6 3. Nxd7 Ne4 4. Nxb8 c6 5. Nxc6 Ng3 6. Rg1 Ba3 7. Nxa3 Nh1 8. Rxh1 f5 9. Nxa7 Rf8 10. Nxc8 b5 11. Nxb5 Rf7 12. Rb1 Re7 13. Nxe7 g6 14. Nxg6 Ra3 15. Nxa3 h5 16. Ra1 h4 17. Nb1 f4 18. Nxf4 h3 19. Nxh3 Qd7 20. Ng1 Qd8 * /Peter
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