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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Grimbal, SMQ, Eigenray, william wu, towr, ThudnBlunder, Icarus)    How Could This Position Come About? (Chess) « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: How Could This Position Come About? (Chess)  (Read 282 times) ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 How Could This Position Come About? (Chess)   How_Did_This_Position_Come_About.jpg « on: Jul 12th, 2005, 11:43am » Quote Modify IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Sjoerd Job Postmus Full Member     Posts: 228 Re: How Could This Position Come About? (Chess)   « Reply #1 on: Jul 12th, 2005, 11:49am » Quote Modify Seeing the near impossible position of the white pawn... I'm guessing that pawn didn't attack a pawn, but something like a rook. The rook seems the most logical solution.   The rest is just jumping with horses, and having white attack a rook.   -I guess- IP Logged markr Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 90 Re: How Could This Position Come About? (Chess)   « Reply #2 on: Jul 12th, 2005, 11:27pm » Quote Modify I agree. - The black pawn advanced enough to free the black rook. - The black rook came out and was captured by the white pawn. - The white rook got out of the way of the black pawn. - The black pawn advanced and  was promoted to a rook. - The promoted rook went back to where the rook came from. - The white rook returned to its original square. - Knights were used when necessary to kill time. IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: How Could This Position Come About? (Chess)   « Reply #3 on: Jul 13th, 2005, 5:19am » Quote Modify That is correct. A minimum of 21 half-moves are required. One possible game is:     1.Na3   h5 2.Nb1   h4 3.Na3   h3 4.Nb1   Rh6 5.Na3   Rg6 6.Nf3    Rg3 7.hxg3  h2 8.Rg1    h1=R 9.Nb1    Rh2 10.Rh1  Rh8 11.Ng1   « Last Edit: Jul 13th, 2005, 5:22am by ThudnBlunder » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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