u-steeplechase chess puzzle

Congratulations!

U-STEEPLECHASE

by Serhiy Grabarchuk
MVS:  0/12
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:  / 12

Swap the white and the black figures.

Sumbit solution

U-STEEPLECHASE

by Serhiy Grabarchuk
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You Win!

U-STEEPLECHASE* is a chess puzzle with an unusual board in the form of the letter U. While all six knights are gathered in the lower part of the letter, the two vertical parts above them will be the most instrumental to successfully complete the posed task.

Due to the nature of this problem's board, the main hint would be for you as a solver to aim for the multi-jump knight moves instead of the single-jump ones. See what number of consecutive jumps would you longest move consist of.


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*This chess problem first appeared in 'The Big, Big, Big Book of Brainteasers' by the Grabarchuk Family in 2011, published by Puzzle Wright Press, part of Sterling Publishing