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| What did Black play? (Posted on 2004-10-18) |
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I recently saw a chess match being played. After a few moves, Black was to move, and the board was exactly as at the beginning, except that the white king rook (at h1) was missing. How did Black capture it -- specifically, what was the actual move?
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Submitted by e.g.
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Rating: 4.5000 (4 votes)
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If all of Black's pieces are at their original places, Black must have played an even number of moves, and thus White must have played an odd number of moves. The only way to allow this, is that the missing Rook must have been captured on g1. The black Knight that captured the Rook couldn't have come from f3 (the white King would have been in check) so Black captured by doing Nh3xg1. |
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