Answer format: Provide the setup of the chessboard after the game is over, as a drawing or in chess FEN notation (send only the first part and drop the last five sections. For example, the starting board is rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR, leaving off the w KQkq – 0 1). You can use an online chess converter to get the FEN notation.
GRiddles Series B: Puzzle 2
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Greyscale gambit
Your friend sent you a photo and a message while watching two grandmasters play chess. Unfortunately, the photo is unclear. All the pieces look grey, all the squares look white, and you can’t tell which way the board is facing.
- It is Black to move.
- One colour has exactly one more piece than the other.
- The two rooks are of different colours.
- No piece is on a square that matches its own colour.
- There is a knight that is not threatened by any pawn.
- There is a pawn that is threatened by a king.
- Promotions have occurred in this game.
- All knights are the same colour.
- No bishop is protected by a knight.
- Every piece has been moved in this game.
- There is a bishop that threatens a king.
All of the above statements about the game are … .
You figured out the missing word must be true or false. Can you also figure out who won this chess game?
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