Solitaire Chess

Puzzling Asked by JLee on April 24, 2021

A friend of mine got me Solitaire Chess for Christmas years ago. I set up the board below. Is it possible to solve it? If so, what is the solution? (No programs allowed- Use only your brain.)

Rules:

Pieces move as in regular chess

Every move must be a capture

When there is only 1 piece left, you win.

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9 Answers

Let's go with:

Correct answer by JonTheMon on April 24, 2021

I got

Answered by Set Big O on April 24, 2021

Different from the other two

Answered by David Jacobsen on April 24, 2021

If pawns moving "down"

If pawns moving "up"

Answered by Ditto on April 24, 2021

Power to the church! (Bishops)

Answered by leoll2 on April 24, 2021

What an interesting game. Thanks for sharing this.

Here's the first solution I found:

Note: for those who haven't seen the move notation before, "Bd1" or "Bxd1" means "move the bishop to square 'd1.'"
B=bishop, N=knight, R=rook, P=pawn, K=king, Q=queen

Answered by Brendan Goggin on April 24, 2021

I got:

Answered by brechtb on April 24, 2021

Here are my thoughts on the matter:

Want to end with a knight?

Want to end with a rook?

Want to end with a bishop?

Want to keep from having to move your horses from the stables?

Do you want to end on a square other than D4?

Yeah.... I think there might be a few solutions...

Answered by Warlord 099 on April 24, 2021

Here is the answer I found in about 5 min (I m pretty proud of myself considering that I'm not so good at chess)

Answered by Hamady C. on April 24, 2021

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