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        riddles >> medium >> How Did the Game Go? (III) (Retro)
        
(Message started by: THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 29^th, 2003, 5:30am)

Title: How Did the Game Go? (III) (Retro)
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 29^th, 2003, 5:30am

I haven't done this one either.

Black has just played his 5th move. How did the game go?

Title: Re: How Did the Game Go? (III) (Retro)
Post by Barukh on Dec 16^th, 2003, 11:42pm

Have you got a solution to this one, THUD&BLUNDER?

Title: Re: How Did the Game Go? (III) (Retro)
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 18^th, 2003, 7:12am

Quote:

Have you got a solution to this one, THUD&BLUNDER?

Hmm... I have just input this position into a program that I recently downloaded which analyses such puzzles.

It found no solutions in the 10 single moves allowed!
The minimum number of single moves required is 13.
In fact, it found 14 such solutions, 6 of which involve transpositions of move order.

Apologies to anyone who wasted their time attempting the impossible.
If I post any more 'proof game' retro puzzles in future I will make sure that I check them beforehand.