No Knights!
( A simple puzzle - with a difference - to illustrate a point. )
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INTRODUCTION
This easy puzzle appeared in the February 2012 edition of E&T Magazine,
published by The Institution of Engineering & Technology.
I.E.T. was formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
( I'm a Member. )
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KNIGHTS?
The position shown could not arise with reasonable play but it is
possible after just six legal moves for each side.
Over to you.
( HINTS: Use your chessboard. Both sides must cooperate. )
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Why am I showing you this rather trivial puzzle?
Well, normal chess puzzles ask you to play on from the position given.
This puzzle asks, "What happened in the past?"
It's a RETROGADE puzzle!
( More about this later. )
[ Answer to Previous Problem: The Black Royalty is correctly positioned; White's King and Queen have swapped places! ]