Shortest-proof-game challenge
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EvinSung
Dec 27, 2023
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#6141
EvinSung wrote:
#6149
n9531l1 wrote:
EvinSung wrote:
#6149
Here is a variation where all the pieces (officers) are in their ideal positions. Finding an SPG will also answer the question: What precisely was the only possible last move?
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Arisktotle wrote:
n9531l1 wrote:
EvinSung wrote:
#6149
Here is a variation where all the pieces (officers) are in their ideal positions. Finding an SPG will also answer the question: What precisely was the only possible last move?
The last move here is the only one possible.
@6153
Shorter
Tygxc's clever capture on g2 wins 1st prize!
@6155
And the queen triangle to lose a tempo...
tygxc wrote:
@6155
And the queen triangle to lose a tempo...
Would doing it without a queen triangle win 2nd prize?
n9531l1 wrote:
tygxc wrote:
@6155
And the queen triangle to lose a tempo...
Would doing it without a queen triangle win 2nd prize?
Definitely! But that is where the buck stops as I rewarded 3rd prize to myself for finding a way to get all officers to their rightful places 
EvinSung wrote:
21.0 or shorter
Leither123 wrote:
#6161
Here's my first proof game try. Leither will tell us how much shorter it needs to be.
n9531l1 wrote:
Leither123 wrote:
#6161
Here's my first proof game try. Leither will tell us how much shorter it needs to be.
44.0, one less bR move.
@6163
Shorter:
42 seems to be shortest
Ilampozhil25 wrote:
why couldnt you have flipped colors for a .5?
EndgameEnthusiast deserves a late Christmas present 
I actually just modified an illegal position of mine, which is why I hadn't considered the length.