Author: KarinsDad
Date: 22:08:44 01/27/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 00:42:33, Les Fernandez wrote: >Does anyone know what the maximum number of pieces for Knight, Bishop, Rook and >Queens that can legally be arrived at in a game. For instance I think I >remember a post which talked about it but that was some time ago. It mentioned >something about if white had (ie 9 queens then black could only have ????) If >someone has this information and can clearly list the variations for one side >having the max # of a particular piece and what the opposite side can have as a >max # I would really appreciate it! > >Thanks > >Les Hi Les, I think everyone has answered the question for you, but I will summarize: N = 20 B = 20 R = 20 Q = 18 Obviously, this cannot be all of the same board and to achieves these numbers, pieces must be captured (in order for the pawns to slip past each other). But, part of your paragraph indicates that you may also be asking the maximum number of major pieces on a board. This is 26 (14 original ones plus 12 promoted pawns where 4 pawns where captured by other pawns). This is different than the maximum number of pieces of a given type and is what causes the 20 byte compression problems (well, actually, not knowing how many pawns were promoted and whether they slipped past the opposing pawn structure via capturing pawns or pieces is the real problem). And the 12 promoted pawns could range anywhere from 8 white and 4 black through 4 white and 8 black. Hope this helps. If not, let us all know. KarinsDad :)
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