Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 04:19:29 01/10/03
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On January 10, 2003 at 07:08:22, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On January 09, 2003 at 21:53:35, Thomas McBurney wrote: > >>I plan to start programming my quiescence search this weekend and I was >>wondering if any one has ever worked out a board position that has the most >>number of possible captures? I would like to use it for testing. >> >>Thanks, >>Tom. > >Nice problem to waste your time with. >what about this first try: > >[D] 2K5/1r1n1n2/2B1B1Qr/2NnN3/nQnRnQn1/RbNqNb1Q/p1Q1Q1p1/3n2k1 w - - 0 1 > >63 captures. of course cou can almost always do better. >can anyone check if it is correct pls. Uri might be able to find a legal move >order to reach this position. :-) For Black you have: 8 Knights at least 6 from Pawn underpromotion 2 White squared Bishops at least 1 is a Pawn underpromotion Now with the addition of the 2 Pawns in the position, that's 6 + 1 + 2 = 9 pawns needed. Therefore the position cannot be legal.
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