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Which pieces don't really matter? (Posted on 2005-01-02) Difficulty: 1 of 5
Set up a chess board with all the pieces in their correct starting positions. Now remove all the Pawns. There are now four unthreatened squares on the board.

How many, and which pieces can you remove from the board so that the position and number of unthreatened squares remains unchanged?

  Submitted by Sing4TheDay    
Rating: 4.0000 (2 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Three pieces. The two King's Knights and either of the Queen's Rooks.

Interestingly enough, two of the four "safe" squares are squares that are probably most commonly moved to as an opening move (King's Pawn forward two squares).

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  Subject Author Date
AnswerK Sengupta2008-12-23 06:20:13
Some ThoughtsNo SubjectKardo2005-03-27 10:17:43
I agreeDonna2005-03-26 04:37:34
Solutionre(2): SolutionPatrick Silver2005-01-02 17:00:03
Solutionre: SolutionPatrick Silver2005-01-02 16:57:16
QuestionDoes a piece "threaten" itself?TomM2005-01-02 14:32:47
SolutionSolutionJoe Ruby2005-01-02 05:38:38
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