Weekly Challenge 90: Small Army Victory
Win a game of Crazyhouse Chess vs @PS-Greedy-Two-Move with the fewest pieces of yours on the board.
Adjudication Criteria:
1. Minimum number of pieces of yours on the board
2. Minimum value of your strongest piece on the board (pawn < knight/bishop < rook < queen)
3. Fewest moves (plies)
4. Earliest Entry
Closing Date: Monday 30th December 1200 UTC+0
Weekly Challenge 90: Small Army Victory
Lemme start with a dummy submission:
337 ply, 3 pieces, queen on the board
371 ply, 1 piece, pawn
man this is already insane to beat
Absolutely beatable, just do it faster:
275 ply
181 ply just for good measure
Entries for Weekly Challenge 90 has closed. Thanks to all users who participated.
The winner is @e-pluszak who won a game of Crazyhouse Chess with just a Pawn on the board in 181 ply in the following game:
Users are still welcome to attempt this challenge and post answers here, but the winner has been fixed. The next challenge can be found here: playstrategy.org/forum/weekly-challenges/weekly-challenge-91-othello-comeback