[Retros] Shaving yet another Queen off "N1AK"?

[Kevin Begley]

Down to 20 units, now (and the units are much lighter):

fen: 1bb1kb2/1pppppp1/3P4/8/8/4p3/PPPPPPP1/2K5  (9+11)
add one unit.
+bQd8


On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Kevin Begley <kevinjbegley at gmail.com>wrote:


> Here's a better version of N1AQ:

> 2b1kb2/1pppppp1/8/7P/7P/7P/PPPP3P/R1B1KB2  (12+9)  *still very heavy*!

> Stip: Add one unit.

> Sol: +bQd8

>

> Kevin

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> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Kevin Begley <kevinjbegley at gmail.com>wrote:

>

>> Errr, not busted... what on Earth was I imagining?

>> And that gaffe was in mid-day.  :-)

>>

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>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Kevin Begley <kevinjbegley at gmail.com>wrote:

>>

>>> Ooops, busted Noam... +bka7  last move is the same.

>>>

>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Kevin Begley <kevinjbegley at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>

>>>> Noam,

>>>>

>>>> Very nice!

>>>> fen is: 5Q2/6Q1/7Q/4K3/Q7/2Q5/1Q6/3Q4

>>>> Seems correct to me.

>>>>

>>>> Kevin

>>>>

>>>> ps: I didn't see anything for N1AQ, or N1AS...

>>>> I  thought I'd provide a heavy answer to the first problem, if only to

>>>> fill in the table...

>>>> Needless to say, I expect it will be vastly improved.

>>>>

>>>> fen: 3Nr1rk/pppppppp/8/8/7P/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKB1R  (16+11)  *very heavy*!

>>>> Add one unit.

>>>> +bQf8

>>>>

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>>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Noam Elkies <elkies at math.harvard.edu>wrote:

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>>>>> Kevin Begley <kevinjbegley at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>> > I shaved one unit off N1AK.

>>>>> >

>>>>> > fen: 8/8/7K/8/QQQQQQQQ/8/8/8

>>>>> > Stip: Add one unit.

>>>>> > Sol:  +bKh8

>>>>>

>>>>> Does this attempt at removing another Queen work?

>>>>>

>>>>>  . . . . . Q . .

>>>>>  . . . . . . Q .

>>>>>  . . . . . . . Q

>>>>>  . . . . K . . .

>>>>>  Q . . . . . . .

>>>>>  . . Q . . . . .

>>>>>  . Q . . . . . .

>>>>>  . . . Q . . . .

>>>>>

>>>>> White Ke5, Queens a4,b2,c3,d1,f8,g7,h6

>>>>> (I'm visiting a friend so can't reliably construct FEN)

>>>>>

>>>>> Add one unit: +bKe7

>>>>>

>>>>> NDE

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