legal AND illegal positions

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s23bog wrote:

Nothing stands out as being impossible, so I'd say it is legal.

On this thread, if you want to say it's legal, you have to show moves reaching that position.

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s23bog wrote:

I haven't, so that is obviously a false statement.  I continue to make comments without adhering to what you say has to be done on this thread.

OK, you SHOULD do that on this thread.

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IMO yitzd, what you say is not the law.  The position seems absurdly easy to reach many different ways, not sure why someone would be bothered to prove it for you if you don't want to yourself.  

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(both sides move existing pawns, king, rooks, queen into end position then take time to lose extra pieces except 2 pawns that get promoted to queen and rook and then move the last queen, rook, knight into position)

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It's obviously legal. Advanced retro solvers can tell if a position is obviously legal (like a lot in this thread). But since you want a proof game:

 

 

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davidsheep wrote:

IMO yitzd, what you say is not the law.  The position seems absurdly easy to reach many different ways, not sure why someone would be bothered to prove it for you if you don't want to yourself.  

 

OK, sorry. It's just that until now, that's what the thread's been like. Unless I'm mistaken again.

 

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pompom wrote:

Ah, here's a good one:

 

Illegal because white would need two captures to promote to a knight, this cause black to have 14 pieces left but black has 15 pieces left

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"illegal position contest" thread.

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If you enjoy such puzzles, I recommend the books of Raymond Smullyan. He has two very entertaining collections of this kind of puzzle.

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