Answers.Body: <p>I think four moves will suffice: 1 b3 ... 2 Bb2 3 g3 ... 4 Bg2.
  This way, the rooks will also be protected. The need to protect bishops will happen deeper in the game.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: > « deeper in the game » ... well, good luck! My friend has published (France-Échecs) his 9-move solution (not 8 as I misprinted it in an earlier post) and this solution is a beauty!
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Answers.Text: Bishops are not under attack at all. Even in the start position, rooks also are not under any possible attack. Therefore what I have proposed is what could be done in a **real** game to develop and protect all the pieces.
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Answers.Text: Pawns have to be protected only once as well. Pawns in d2, e2, d7, e7 are protected 3 times. And Pawns in b3, g3, b6, g6 are protected 2 times.
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  <p>« deeper in the game » ... well, good luck! My friend has published (France-Échecs) his 9-move solution (not 8 as I misprinted it in an earlier post) and this solution is a beauty! Here is the end FEN: 8/8/8/1N6/3PP1P1/5Q2/PPPB1P1P/1K1R1BNR</p>
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Answers.Body: <p>A friend of mine says... 8 moves are enough. He doesn’t want to spoil the solution. I have 10. Back to the blackboard!</p>
  
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Body: <p>From the orthodox starting position, how many moves will you need to have the 32 pieces protected exactly once? (The answer is astonishingly low.)</p>
  
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Title: 32 pieces protected once: How many moves?
ThreadText: # 32 pieces protected once: How many moves?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-18)
  
  From the orthodox starting position, how many moves will you need to have the 32 pieces protected exactly once? (The answer is astonishingly low.)
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-25. Score: 1
  
  I think four moves will suffice: 1 b3 ... 2 Bb2 3 g3 ... 4 Bg2.
  This way, the rooks will also be protected. The need to protect bishops will happen deeper in the game.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: > « deeper in the game » ... well, good luck! My friend has published (France-Échecs) his 9-move solution (not 8 as I misprinted it in an earlier post) and this solution is a beauty!  
  > **username_1**: Bishops are not under attack at all. Even in the start position, rooks also are not under any possible attack. Therefore what I have proposed is what could be done in a **real** game to develop and protect all the pieces.  
  > **username_2**: Pawns have to be protected only once as well. Pawns in d2, e2, d7, e7 are protected 3 times. And Pawns in b3, g3, b6, g6 are protected 2 times.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-09-26. Score: 1
  
  > « deeper in the game » ... well, good luck! My friend has published (France-Échecs) his 9-move solution (not 8 as I misprinted it in an earlier post) and this solution is a beauty! Here is the end FEN: 8/8/8/1N6/3PP1P1/5Q2/PPPB1P1P/1K1R1BNR
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-09-22. Score: 1
  
  A friend of mine says... 8 moves are enough. He doesn’t want to spoil the solution. I have 10. Back to the blackboard!
  
  
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