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Subject: Re: Most number of possible captures?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:17:57 01/10/03

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On January 10, 2003 at 03:58:44, Eiko Bleicher wrote:

>On January 10, 2003 at 00:27:10, Zach Wegner wrote:
>
>>I just whipped this one up, so I'm not sure if it's too good. It has 62
>>captures, and it's legal.
>>[D]nQnQnRnQ/1P1P1P1P/bN3n2/3r1b1k/1NBrQ1r1/8/nr4Rp/Kb1Q2q1 w - -
>
>Sorry, this is not a legal position. You cannot reach it from the initial
>position.
>
>Eiko

Note that even the following position is not a legal position

[D]nQnQnRnQ/1P1P1P1P/nN3b2/3r1b1k/1NBrQ1r1/8/nr4Rp/Kb1Q2q1 w - - 0 1

The problem is that there are 31 pieces in the board and there are too many
promotions.

Uri



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