afternoon gridlock

This feels like a chess puzzle in a point and click adventure game where you can only move to capture and the goal is to end up with exactly 1 specific piece at the end.

That whole thing gives me anxiety, but the bit that gives me the most anxiety is those white pawns on the eighth rank and black pawns on the first rank.

That board urgently needs alternatives to driving, and what is that a 8 lane highway? Ridiculous

What we really need is for Elon to dig a tunnel under the board and fill it with electric pawns. That'll solve congestion!

Play the earthquake card to break most towers and hurt some civilians close to them

I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:

White to play: chess.com | lichess.org

Black to play: chess.com | lichess.org

My solution:

Hints:

I'm a "human"

I wish this was a rental so i could take this mf...