19-02-2013, 02:27 AM
Hi
The solution has come from the RHP lad.
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Solution: White and Black both made two pawn captures. The pieces they captured were a wN, wBf1, a bN,
and bBc8. (Bf8 and Bc1 could never have left their start squares.)
The Bishops had to be captured on light squares, so they were captured on c6 and f3 or f5. Bf1 must have
been captured first on c6 to let Bc8 out, which was then captured by white's e-pawn.
But this means white's e-pawn did not capture until after Bf1 died. Therefore, it moved forward without
capturing to let Bf1 out. Bc8 could not have been captured on f3, so it was captured on f5, and thus white's
pawn is on f5.
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Of course I figured all that out.
The solution has come from the RHP lad.
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Solution: White and Black both made two pawn captures. The pieces they captured were a wN, wBf1, a bN,
and bBc8. (Bf8 and Bc1 could never have left their start squares.)
The Bishops had to be captured on light squares, so they were captured on c6 and f3 or f5. Bf1 must have
been captured first on c6 to let Bc8 out, which was then captured by white's e-pawn.
But this means white's e-pawn did not capture until after Bf1 died. Therefore, it moved forward without
capturing to let Bf1 out. Bc8 could not have been captured on f3, so it was captured on f5, and thus white's
pawn is on f5.
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Of course I figured all that out.