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Sherlock Holmes Puzzle

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Friday, 18 December 2015, at 4:46 a.m.

Sherlock Holmes, detective mastermind, was kind enough to share the following puzzle with me. Left by his archrival as a subtle clue (the intricacies of which are omitted here), this position was instrumental in solving one of Holmes' most challenging cases.






White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 149
Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 152
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=-a-Ba-D-C---dD---c-d--AbA-:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10

Reach this position after FOUR rolls


From the opening position, the above position was reached with perfect play (according to XGR++ evaluation) after four rolls; i.e., with both players having moved twice.

Which player moved first (Blue or White), and what was the roll sequence?.

Sherlock Holmes was able to solve this puzzle. Can you?

Nack

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