Nine missing pawns,

no King was in check

SPG 9.5 No King was in check

Hope this is neither old hat nor cooked...

Best,

É.

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BREAKING NEWS!

Mario R. cooked this in a few minutes...

Dear Éric,

> I hope this has not been anticipated too many years ago:

> rnbqkbnr/8/8/8/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR

> SPG 9.5 No King was in check

What was your intention?

As given, there are many solutions, e.g.:

1.Pe2-e4 Pa7-a6 2.Bf1xa6 Pd7-d5 3.Ba6xb7 Pd5xe4 4.Bb7xe4 Pe7-e6 5.Be4xh7 Pg7-g6

6.Bh7xg6 Ke8-e7 7.Bg6xf7 Pc7-c5 8.Bf7xe6 Pc5-c4 9.Be6xc4 Ke7-e8 10.Bc4-f1

1.Pe2-e4 Pa7-a6 2.Bf1xa6 Pc7-c5 3.Ba6xb7 Pd7-d5 4.Bb7xd5 Pe7-e6 5.Bd5xe6 Pf7-f5

6.Pe4xf5 Pg7-g5 7.Pf5xg6 e.p. Pc5-c4 8.Pg6xh7 Rh8xh7 9.Be6xc4 Rh7-h8 10.Bc4-f1

1.Pe2-e4 Pd7-d5 2.Pe4xd5 Pe7-e5 3.Pd5xe6 e.p. Ph7-h5 4.Qd1xh5 Pa7-a5 5.Qh5xa5 Bc8xe6

6.Qa5xc7 Pf7-f5 7.Qc7xg7 Pf5-f4 8.Qg7xb7 Pf4-f3 9.Qb7xf3 Be6-c8 10.Qf3-d1

Best,

mario

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Congratulations, Mario!

... and back to work for me...

É.