PG in 15.0 moves

Position after Black's 15th move. How did the game go?

Just a guess here. Black won? :-)

Originally posted by chasparos
Just a guess here. Black won? :-)

LOL 😵 😵

No, he means, 'How was the given board position arrived at in 15 moves?'

Try this for starters:



White has just played his 2nd move.
How did the game go? 😵

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
LOL 😵 😵

No, he means, 'How was the given board position arrived at in 15 moves?'

Try this for starters:

[fen]rnbqkbnr/1ppppppp/8/p7/P7/8/1PPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[/fen]

White has just played his 2nd move.
How did the game go? 😵

uhm.... it took me very long, but I think I solves it:
1. a3 - a5
2. a4

maybe I mislooked something, but I really think this is the solution😀😉😛

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
[fen]1n2r3/1ppk3p/1p2rn2/3p1pp1/3bq3/7b/1PPPP1PP/1NBQKBNR[/fen]
Position after Black's 15th move. How did the game go?

This should be challenging 😉

Originally posted by ilywrin
This should be challenging 😉

yes. How was the white f-pawn captured?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
yes. How was the white f-pawn captured?

It might have captured the e7 pawn?! maybe... The White rook must have been captured at b6, but how/where was tha "a"- pawn captured? If I am counting correctly Black has made exactly 15 moves (4 pawn, 1 knight, 2 Queen, 3 bishop, 4 rook, 1 king), so where is the missing 'a' pawn?

Originally posted by ilywrin
It might have captured the e7 pawn?! maybe... The White rook must have been captured at b6, but how/where was tha "a"- pawn captured? If I am counting correctly Black has made exactly 15 moves (4 pawn, 1 knight, 2 Queen, 3 bishop, 4 rook, 1 king), so where is the missing 'a' pawn?

The black a-rook could have captured the a-pawn on it's way to the d-file

I can do it with the black queen ending up at f4 instead of e4, but I can't see a way around the pin of the white knight?

Jeff

ilywrin has PM'ed the correct solution.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
ilywrin has PM'ed the correct solution.

I did so because I didn't want to spoil the fun for the rest of the solvers. It is an interesting puzzle. Keep trying people.

I give up. I can't get it. I can't figure out how black can get the a-rook to e6 if the queen is blocking the way, or the rook blocking the queen's way.

Originally posted by schakuhr
I give up...or the rook blocking the queen's way.

11. Qd8-h4
12. Qh4-e4

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
11. Qd8-h4
12. Qh4-e4

why not 9. ... Qh4 and 10. ... Qe4?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
why not 9. ... Qh4 and 10. ... Qe4?

Yes, I am aware that Qh4 is a potential check.