the-knight-maze chess puzzle

Congratulations!

THE KNIGHT MAZE

by Serhiy Grabarchuk
MVS:  0/7
Goal >

Swap the white and the black figures.

wap the black and white knights in the fewest moves

Goal

Swap the white and the black figures.

Moves:  / 7

Swap the white and the black figures.

Sumbit solution

THE KNIGHT MAZE

by Serhiy Grabarchuk
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You Win!

At first glance the goal seems to be somewhat chaotic and questionable at best. Then it can be spotted the knights are ejxahcned in pair: one is north-west-south-west, while another one is north-east-south-west. But the most interactive nuance discovered upon closer examination is that 2 of the 4 knights in this initial position don’t have any ability to be moved at the beginning. Find them!

And that is the pivotal point for this chess problem: what is the opening series of moves? What is the middlegame? And what is the endgame? After some time, trials and errors you will find yourself in a kind of chess maze, hence the problem’s initial title.