361.--THE MONSTROSITY.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

White Black, 1. P to KB 4 P to QB 3 2. K to B 2 Q to R 4 3. K to K 3 K to Q sq 4. P to B 5 K to B 2 5. Q to K sq K to Kt 3 6. Q to Kt 3 Kt to QR 3 7. Q to Kt 8 P to KR 4 8. Kt to KB 3 R to R 3 9. Kt to K 5 R to Kt 3 10. Q takes B R to Kt 6, ch 11. P takes R K to Kt 4 12. R to R 4 P to B 3 13. R to Q 4 P takes Kt 14. P to QKt 4 P takes R, ch 15. K to B 4 P to R 5 16. Q to K 8 P to R 6 17. Kt to B 3, ch P takes Kt 18. B to R 3 P to R 7 19. R to Kt sq P to R 8 (Q) 20. R to Kt 2 P takes R 21. K to Kt 5 Q to KKt 8 22. Q to R 5 K to R 5 23. P to Kt 5 R to B sq 24. P to Kt 6 R to B 2 25. P takes R P to Kt 8 (B) 26. P to B 8 (R) Q to B 2 27. B to Q 6 Kt to Kt 5 28. K to Kt 6 K to R 6 29. R to R 8 K to Kt 7 30. P to R 4 Q (Kt 8) to Kt 3 31. P to R 5 K to B 8 32. P takes Q K to Q 8 33. P takes Q K to K 8 34. K to B 7 Kt to KR 3, ch 35. K to K 8 B to R 7 36. P to B 6 B to Kt sq 37. P to B 7 K takes B 38. P to B 8 (B) Kt to Q 4 39. B to Kt 8 Kt to B 3, ch 40. K to Q 8 Kt to K sq 41. P takes Kt (R) Kt to B 2, ch 42. K to B 7 Kt to Q sq 43. Q to B 7, ch K to Kt 8

And the position is reached.

The order of the moves is immaterial, and this order may be greatly varied. But, although many attempts have been made, nobody has succeeded in reducing the number of my moves.

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