Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 21:55:58 07/31/02
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Ok I confirmed that 182 can be obtained legally. I doubt this is the least moves it can be accomplished in, but it works. [D]Q1Q3QQ/3Q1Q1Q/2q5/r4Q1K/k1r2R1R/8/q1q1Q3/qqqq1q1q w - - 0 79 [Event "Edited game"] [Site "RUSSELL-PC1"] [Date "2002.07.31"] [Round "-"] [White "-"] [Black "-"] [Result "*"] 1. a4 h5 2. b4 g5 3. d3 e6 4. Bf4 Bc5 5. Bg3 Bb6 6. Bh4 Ba5 7. bxa5 gxh4 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nd5 Ne4 10. Nb6 Ng3 11. hxg3 axb6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Nc4 15. dxc4 exf5 16. e3 d6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Be4 c6 19. Bd5 cxd5 20. f3 d4 21. a6 Bd5 22. a7 Be4 23. fxe4 h3 24. a5 h4 25. a6 h2 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Kf3 Kc6 28. Kf4 Kc5 29. e5 Qd7 30. Kg5 Rhd8 31. Kh5 Kb4 32. Qg4 h3 33. Rac1 Ka4 34. Qg6 Rdc8 35. Rhf1 Rc5 36. Rf4 Ra5 37. Rh4 Rc8 38. Rf1 Rcc5 39. Rff4 Rcb5 40. Rfg4 h1=Q 41. a8=Q h2 42. a7 Qa1 43. Qh8 h1=Q 44. a8=Q f4 45. e4 d5 46. c5 f3 47. c4 d3 48. e6 d4 49. e5 d2 50. c6 d3 51. c5+ Rb4 52. c7 Qb5 53. c8=Q d1=Q 54. c6 d2 55. c7 f2 56. e7 f5 57. e6 f4+ 58. Qg5 Qc2 59. e8=Q f3 60. e7 Qbc6 61. Rf4 Rc4 62. Qgf5 f1=Q 63. Qf7 f2 64. e8=Q Qfb1 65. Qcd7 f1=Q 66. c8=Q d1=Q+ 67. g4 b5 68. Qe2 b4 69. g5 b3 70. g6 b2 71. g7 Qbc1 72. g8=Q b1=Q 73. g4 b5 74. g5 b4 75. g6 b3 76. g7 b2 77. Qgh7 Qba2 78. g8=Q b1=Q * The method I used was: 1. Sacrifice bishops and knights to get all of the pawns on open files 2. Move each king to safety on the edge of the board, with it's own pieces blocking it for protection from checks. This might not be necessary, but it made it simpler to not have to worry about that. 3. Promote, promote, promote... I don't think it would be possible to get a higher material value. You have all of your most significantly valued pieces on the board (9 queens for each side), and all of your next highest valued pieces (rooks) also on the board. To add any of the 3 point pieces you have to avoid sacrificing one of them, which will leave you with a pawn instead of a queen. The total gain for keeping a 3 point piece would be (-9 +3 +1) = -5. To get a higher material score I think you would need to find some way to unblock the pawns without sacrificing. Remember, when you sacrifice a pawn, you're really sacrificing a queen. Russell
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