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Pawns to stay put (Posted on 2005-10-03)

What is the shortest game of chess which ends in checkmate with neither player moving a pawn forward? Pawns may be captured.

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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I hope this is right

| Comment 7 of 15 |

I have no chessboard at work so I can't actually try this out.

1. NF3 NC6 2. NE5 ND4 3. NxF7 NxE2 4. NG5 ND4

5. NxH7 NC6 6. QG4 NB8 7. QG6 mate

Posted by Nosher on 2005-10-04 03:25:00

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