Illegal Position Contest!
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Both sides have more than enough captures:
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
And how did the pawn check the king while the rook was already checking it?
You need to think a little longer before posting. The pawn never checked the king, which was at f8 when the pawn made its final move.
^It's whites move though
Chessman265 wrote:
This is a common trick puzzle, because it appears in a semi-famous book, but is it possible for this position to be reached with white to move?
is the book the secret benedict soceity
Wongkaiju wrote:
How to post ?
Bro
Easy mate in one
Legal
As you already know, white has enough expendable pieces to allow for black to set up the pawns. Adding any additional white piece to the position will make it illegal.
No one has commented on KieferSmith's position at #7611. Is that because people thought it was too easy to bother with? (Black has made 12 pawn captures, but White is only missing 11 units.) Plenty of more obvious illegalities have shown up here, like a recent one with no black king on the board.
Oct 21, 2023
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#7594
In order for a white pawn to "pass by" a black pawn or vice versa, it must make a capture to change files. But nothing has been captured.
EvinSung wrote:
#7616
White must make two captures to set up the pawn structure. Black is missing two pieces, consisting of a pawn and a dark squared bishop. However, the dark squared bishop would not have been able to leave its home square and must have been captured there, so there are not enough captures for white to set up the pawns.
