I found half of a chess score sheet lying on one of the tables at the recent tournament I attended. It was ripped in half at the middle so only White's moves were visible. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to reconstruct Black's moves. (Note: The moves aren't necessarily good ones.)
- Nf3
- Nxg5
- Nxf7
- Nd6+
- Nf5
- Nxd4
- c3
- cxd4
- Kxf2
- Qa4+
- Qxb5+
- Qd5+
- d3
- Bxh6
- Bxg7
- Qxd7+
- Qf5+
- Qf8#
Partial answers are allowed, as always. Good luck! (I have no idea how difficult this is, it could be solved in minutes or days.)
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This was a really interesting puzzle and was enjoyable to work! $+1$ from me indeed! It seems like moves $3$ and $13$ are heavily interchangeable, so long as they don't prevent checkmate down the road. Again, very nice puzzle!
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The moves on white's half of the board are in algebraic expression form for chess. You have to look at it from the perspective of:
Queen to F4, Captures Rook, Check. = QxF4+
This is more in the realm of mental chess where no board is needed; I have always wanted to attempt it against someone, and this is pretty close! So if I could I would give more up-votes!
I believe that black is a novice player and isn't really thinking too far ahead with his/her movements. Thus leading to an eventual defeat dealt by white.
My theory (White :: Black):
1. Knight to F3 :: Pawn to G5
2. Knight to G5 (Captures Pawn) :: Pawn to D5
3. Knight to F7 (Captures Pawn) :: Bishop to G7
4. Knight to D6 (Check) :: King to D7
5. Knight to F5 :: Pawn to D4
6. Knight to D4 (Captures Pawn):: Queen to F8
7. Pawn to C3 :: Bishop to D4 (Captures Knight)
8. Pawn to D4 (Captures Bishop) :: Queen to F2 (Captures Pawn, Check)
9. King to F2 (Captures Queen, Release Check) :: Knight to H6
10. Queen to A4 (Check):: Pawn to B5 (Release Check)
11. Queen to B5 (Captures Pawn, Check) :: King to D8 (Release Check)
12. Queen to D5 (Check):: King to E8 (Release Check)
13. Pawn to D3 :: Rook to G8
14. Bishop to H6 (Captures Knight) :: Rook to G7
15. Bishop to G7 (Captures Rook):: Bishop to D7
16. Queen to D7 (Captures Bishop, Check):: King to F7
17. Queen to F5 (Check):: King to G8
18. Queen to F8 (Checkmate)
Special thanks to @ExcitedRaichu for pointing out that move $3$ was the biggest incorrect move, followed by move $13$.
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