Author: Jay Scott
Date: 11:45:06 12/08/97
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On December 07, 1997 at 22:20:22, Don Dailey wrote: >If each piece had maximum mobility and no multiple pieces were allowed >unless they existed from the opening position: > >27 queen > 8 knight > 8 knight >13 bishop >13 bishop >14 rook >14 rook > 8 king >--------- >105 moves. > >The pawns could add moves but it's hard to believe they >would not interfere with the range of other pieces. Also it's hard >to believe the pieces themselves would not interfere with each other. > >I believe it will be truly difficult if not impossible to find a >position >with 100 legal moves possible assuming only up to 1 queen and 2 of >everything >else. Do the pawns add more than you thought? A pawn on the seventh rank with two possible captures can promote on any of three possible squares, to any of Q R B N, making twelve moves. The position may become "constructed" after the promotion. :-) Jay
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