352.--IMMOVABLE PAWNS.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

1. Kt to KB 3 2. Kt to KR 4 3. Kt to Kt 6 4. Kt takes R 5. Kt to Kt 6 6. Kt takes B 7. K takes Kt 8. Kt to QB 3 9. Kt to R 4 10. Kt to Kt 6 11. Kt takes R 12. Kt to Kt 6 13. Kt takes B 14. Kt to Q 6 15. Q to K sq 16. Kt takes Q 17. K takes Kt, and the position is reached.

Black plays precisely the same moves as White, and therefore we give one set of moves only. The above seventeen moves are the fewest possible.

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