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Got it Haha!

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Now it's all sorted, Evidently Pointless to continue this thread

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Easy Peasy

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Enough pontificating!

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Am i being Erroneously Pedantic in returning to the question why not d2-d3? As the bishop is sadly departed could it not have been captured yonks ago on its home square? Referring to the sg problem obviously.

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Originally posted by Habeascorp
As the bishop is sadly departed could it not have been captured yonks ago on its home square?
Surprisingly, the answer is "no".

Hint:
Consider the black pawn structure.

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Originally posted by Mad Rook
Of course, now I understand. A very good problem indeed. (You even have to do a little counting, hehe.)
If you know SG's habits when composing problems a little bit this would have been obvious. 😛 he often uses the trick of the trapped bishop in his problems.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
Surprisingly, the answer is "no".

Hint: [hidden]Consider the black pawn structure.[/hidden]
ahhh. indeed.

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Thanks to GP's clue, I was able to find the answer!!!! That's saying something, I never figure this kind of stuff out.

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Black to move

Bonus points: What were the last 3 single moves?

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Originally posted by Habeascorp
Am i being Erroneously Pedantic in returning to the question why not d2-d3? As the bishop is sadly departed could it not have been captured yonks ago on its home square? Referring to the sg problem obviously.
Like he says, what was the last move played by black? That's the key.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
[fen]8/pb4p1/p7/p5P1/p2pPkrP/3P3p/PPP2p1P/4n1bK b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to move

Bonus points: What were the last 3 single moves?
I am not sure, but I think:

EDIT nevermind... 🙁

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Like he says, what was the last move played by black? That's the key.
sonhouse, you might not yet have sensed the enormous pleasure people expressed presumably smiling - of giving hints while passing by to the next thread... or as the french say 'en route' ...

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Originally posted by tharkesh
sonhouse, you might not yet have sensed the enormous pleasure people expressed presumably smiling - of giving hints while passing by to the next thread... or as the french say 'en route' ...
Seems some people haven't figured it out yet. We could keep this up longer than Mozart describing his little motif to the king in the movie Amadeus, How long do you think I kept this theme going? King goes, I don't know, 3 minutes? Mo raises his hand a bit, 4 minutes? up with the hand, 6 minutes? up with the hand, no 20 minutes! Probably before you were born but it was a great movie🙂