The Retrograde Analysis Corner
No. 92, Oct. 1998 - SOLUTIONS
7542 - Gianni Donati
1. d4 c6 2. d5 Qb6 3. d6 Qc7 4. dc7 d5 5. h3 Bg4 6. hg4 d4 7. Rh6 d3 8. Rf6 gf6 9. b4 Bh6 10. b5 Bf4 11. b6 Bh2 12. Bh6 ab6 13. e3 Ra7 14. Qf3 d2 15. Ke2 d1=R 16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Kd7 18. Bh1 Rf8 19. Bf8 Ke8
7543 - Tom Volet
White must uncastle, and Black must uncapture wB and wQ, so that they too may come home quickly. There is not quite enough time to retract wRd1 to h1.
-1. Kc1-b1 b4xBa3 -2. 000 (a millennium problem?) c5xQb4 -3. Qb1-b4 c6-c5 -4. Qd1-c1 c7-c6 -5. Bc1-a3 h5-h4 -6. b2xRc3 Rd3-c3 -7. g4-g5 Rd8-d3 -8. Ra8-a7 Re8-d8 -9. Rd8-a8 a7-a6 -10. Rd3-d8 Rd8-e8 -11. Rh3-d3 Rc8-d8 -12. Rh1-h3 Rb8-c8 -13. h3xBg4 Bf3-g4 -14. Rg1-h1 Bc6-f3 -15. Rh1-g1 Bd7-c6 -16. Rg1-h1 Bc8-d7 -17. Rh1-g1 d7xNe6 -18. Nd4-e6 Ra8-b8 -19. e6xPf7
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