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ynaliyev
Mar 18, 2017
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Al-Mujannah
 
 
This is the name of the following initial position.
 
 
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This position can be obtained via the following moves.
 
 
 

The sum of numbers in 8 squares d2, d3, e2, e3, d6, d7, e6 and e7 that participated in the first two moves gives the magical number 260. The same result will be obtained in all of the following pairs of moves.

From E. Gik, Chess and Mathematics (in Russian)

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MechHand
Mar 18, 2017
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The symmetry is beautiful

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