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Originally posted by Bowmann
You could start by putting your board the right way round.
I'm sleep deprived - I think I fixed it in the edited post....sorry.

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Originally posted by The Plumber
OK, I give. If there's an error in this logic please identify the step.
Originally posted by The Plumber
"8 - If white's king just moved from B3, then we are left with the same conflict previously dicsussed in step 2."

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Finally got it! Nice one...

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Originally posted by Palynka
Finally got it! Nice one...
🙂

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Originally posted by The Plumber
OK, I give. If there's an error in this logic please identify the step. (I assume that the King is the only missing piece - if there are other missing pieces, there are multiple correct answers).

1 - If it is white's move, the King must be at B3, or else Black ended his move in check, not a legal position.
2 - If the white King is at B3, there is ...[text shortened]... eft with the same conflict previously dicsussed in step 2.
9 - Hence, there is no solution.

Step 8, as THUDandBLUNDER said.

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Anyone still working on this? If not, I'll post the full solution.

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Post it, dawg.

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Start here:
[fen]b7/8/8/1r6/Bp6/1K6/2P5/3k4 b - - 0 1[/fen]
and play 1...Bd5+ 2.c4 dxc3 e.p.+ 3.Kxc3+


The white King is on c3.

Composer: Raymond Smullyan

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
and play 1...Bd5+ 2.c4 dxc3 e.p.+ 3.Kxc3+

[fen]8/8/8/1r1b4/B7/2K5/8/3k4 b - - 0 3[/fen]
The white King is on [b]c3.

Composer: Raymond Smullyan[/b]
Excellent....