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Almost every move is a capture.

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Find a game which ends on 17th white move with only the two kings on the board. (25 solutions with wKf2,bKf7 and 866 solutions with wKf2,bKe7, C+)

Solution:

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Bd3 Qxa2 4.Bxh7 Qxb1 5.Rxa7 Qxc2 6.Rxb7 Qxc1 7.Rxc7 Rxh7 8.Rxe7+ Kxe7 9.Qxc1 Rxh2 10.Qxc8 Rxg2 11.Qxb8 Rxg1+ 12.Rxg1 Rxb8 13.Rxg7 Rxb2 14.Rxg8 Rxd2 15.Rxf8 Rxf2 16.Rxf7+ Kxf7 17.Kxf2

or 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Bd3 Qxa2 4.Bxh7 Qxb1 5.Rxa7 Qxc1 6.Rxb7 Qxc2 7.Rxb8 Rxb8 8.Qxc2 Rxb2 9.Bxg8 Rxh2 10.Qxc7 Rxg2 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qxc8 Rxg1+ 13.Rxg1 Rxd2 14.Qxf8+ Kxf8 15.Rxg7 Rxf2 16.Rxe7 Kxe7 17.Kxf2