Attila Benedek
2nd Hon. Mention, J.Sanz JT, 1986
(a) 1.Sf5 Se5 2.Rd6 Sf7 3.Bd7 Sd8.
(b) 1.Bb5 Sf7 2.Rc6 Se5 3.Sd6 Sd7.
Humour on the chessboard!
Jacob Hoover: Amazingly, (b) is solved by moving the pieces that moved in part (a) back to their positions
in the diagram. So, switchbacks galore!
Richard Stein: This was a fun unwrapping. I would describe this problem as a crab canon, in the style of
J.S. Bach, and Douglas Hofstadter after him. "When we walk backwards, we move forwards." -- The Crab, in
Hofstadter’s Godel, Escher, and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979) "Crab Canon".