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Retrograde backgammon puzzle

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 8:22 p.m.

Here's a puzzle I created while helping to design the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt. This puzzle ended up not being used but I thought some readers here might enjoy it.

Can the position below be reached in a legal game of backgammon? If so, can you deduce who's on roll?

White	42
Blue	146

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• Retrograde backgammon puzzle
  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 8:22 p.m.
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    Smcrtorchs -- Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 11:20 p.m.
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    benf -- Monday, 25 February 2013, at 12:56 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Monday, 25 February 2013, at 5:27 p.m.
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        6stones -- Monday, 25 February 2013, at 7:25 p.m.
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          6stones -- Monday, 25 February 2013, at 10:29 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 26 February 2013, at 1:19 a.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 26 February 2013, at 4:41 a.m.
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            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 26 February 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 26 February 2013, at 6:32 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 26 February 2013, at 1:10 a.m.
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    playBunny -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 9:52 p.m.