Author: Don Dailey
Date: 15:46:46 12/08/97
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On December 08, 1997 at 14:45:06, Jay Scott wrote: >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 Actually a 100 moves position was just posted with no pawns. But I see pawns can be added and in fact some could be added to the 7th rank with some black pieces to be captured. Good thinking! -- Don
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