IMMOVABLE PAWNS.—solution
| 1. Kt to KB 3 |
| 2. Kt to KR 4 |
| 3. Kt to Kt 6 |
| 4. Kt takes R |
| 5. Kt to Kt 6 |
| 6. Kt takes B |
| 7. K takes Kt |
| 8. Kt to QB 3 |
| 9. Kt to R 4 |
| 10. Kt to Kt 6 |
| 11. Kt takes R |
| 12. Kt to Kt 6 |
| 13. Kt takes B |
| 14. Kt to Q 6 |
| 15. Q to K sq |
| 16. Kt takes Q |
| 17. K takes Kt, and the position is reached. |
Black plays precisely the same moves as White, and therefore we give one set of moves only. The above seventeen moves are the fewest possible.
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