03 September 2024

Pawn = Queen chess puzzle


This may be an old puzzle, but it's the first time I've seen it.  At the start there is a pawn in the LR corner, which needs to be moved to the far rank to get promoted to a queen; then the queen needs to be moved to the LL corner.  Good luck.  Feel free to post your times in the Comments.  

Discussion thread in the Puzzles subreddit.

5 comments:

  1. smittypapSeptember 3, 2024 at 2:41 PM

    38 moves

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  2. RickSeptember 3, 2024 at 7:59 PM

    First attempt was 167 seconds and 51 moves, including a lot of backing up. Attempts 8-10 were 25 moves at 68, 54, and 40 seconds respectively.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2024 at 7:05 PM

    45 moves for me. Thanks for posting the puzzle.

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  4. Adam KSeptember 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM

    first attempt: 60 moves in 80 seconds
    3rd (and last attempt): 30 moves in 39s.

    Moving the bishops to lower corners helped reduce the number of moves needed form the first attempt. I enjoyed this puzzle. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. MinnesotastanSeptember 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM

    I've managed to get my best down to 27 moves, 110 seconds. Now I'm done.

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