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Subject: Re: Maximum legal material? Can this be exceeded?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 01:26:00 01/11/03

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On January 11, 2003 at 03:08:18, Dann Corbit wrote:

>{
>I just fiddled around to see what ought to be possible.  Both without giving up
>any piece and with giving up only minor pieces, this is the best I can do.  Is
>it possible to get more material than this?
>}
>[Event "Edited game"]
>[Site "DANNFAST"]
>[Date "2003.01.10"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "-"]
>[Black "-"]
>[Result "*"]
>[ECO "A00e"]
>[Variation "Ware Opening"]
>
>1. a4 b5 2. a5 b4 3. a6 Bb7 4. axb7 b3 5. c4 Nc6 6. b8=Q a5 7. Nf3 a4 8.
>Nd4 a3 9. Nc2 bxc2 10. Nc3 a2 11. Rb1 a1=Q 12. b4 Ra6 13. Ba3 c1=Q 14.
>b5 Nd4 15. b6 h5 16. b7 Nf6 17. Qa7 g6 18. b8=Q Bh6 19. e3 Rb6 20. Bd3
>Nd5 21. Qa4 Ra6 22. c5 Nb6 23. cxb6 c5 24. b7 Qcb2 25. Ne2 c4 26. Qa7 c3
>27. b8=Q c2 28. Be4 c1=Q 29. h4 Bg5 30. hxg5 h4 31. Rf1 h3 32. Rg1 h2
>33. Rf1 h1=Q 34. Bf3 Rf8 35. Bh5 gxh5 36. g6 h4 37. g7 h3 38. g8=Q h2
>39. Qh8 Qg1 40. Qg8 h1=Q 41. g4 Qhh2 42. g5 Qhh1 43. g6 Qhh2 44. Qh7
>Qhh1 45. g7 Qh3 46. g8=Q Ne6 47. f4 Ng5 48. fxg5 Qhh2 49. Qgh8 Qhh1 50.
>g6 Qhh2 51. g7 Qhh1 52. g8=Q f6 53. Qah4 d6 54. Bc5 dxc5 55. d4 c4 56.
>d5 c3 57. d6 c2 58. Qad4 Qbb7 59. Qba7 Qaa5+ 60. Qd2 Qac7 61. Qad4 Qa3
>62. Qa1 Qac5 63. Qg2 Qgh2 64. Qg1 Qhe5 65. Qhd3 Qh3 66. Q8h7 Qhd7 67.
>Q7e4 Qd7c8 68. Qhh1 Kf7 69. d7 Qe8 70. d8=Q c1=Q 71. Q8d4 Q1a3 72. Q4b2
>Qc5d6 73. Qec4+ Qee6 74. e4 Qdd8 75. Nd4 Rh8 76. Nb5 Qg8 77. Nd6+ Kf8
>78. e5 exd6 79. Rf2 Qef7 80. e6 Rh5 81. Ke2 Qfg7 82. Qdf4 Qa4 83. Kd2
>Qad7 84. Qge1 Qg7f7 85. Qbd4 Ra8 86. Q3b3 Kg7 87. e7 Rg5 88. e8=Q Rg6
>89. Qdb2 Qh3 90. Kc2 d5 91. Q2c3 d4 92. Kb2 d3 93. Qa3 d2 94. Ka1 Qe5
>95. Qdc2 d1=Q 96. Qfe3 f5 97. Rg2 f4 98. Rg3 f3 99. Rg4 f2 100. Rg3 f1=Q
>*
>{
>[D]r1qqQ1q1/1q3qk1/6r1/4q3/2Q5/QQQ1Q1Rq/2Q5/KR1qQq1Q w - -
>}
>
>[Event "Edited game"]
>[Site "DANNFAST"]
>[Date "2003.01.10"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "-"]
>[Black "-"]
>[Result "*"]
>[ECO "A00e"]
>[Variation "Ware Opening"]
>
>1. a4 a5 2. b4 b5 3. c4 c5 4. d4 d5 5. e4 e5 6. f4 f5 7. g4 g5 8. h4 h5
>9. axb5 axb4 10. cxd5 exd4 11. exf5 gxh4 12. Rh3 Nd7 13. Re3+ Ne7 14.
>Na3 Qa5 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Kf2 h3 17. b6 h2 18. b7 h1=Q 19. b8=Q b3 20. d6
>b2 21. d7+ Kf7 22. d8=Q b1=Q 23. f6 Ke6 24. f7 Bg7 25. f8=Q d3 26. Re4
>d2 27. g5 d1=Q 28. Be3 c4 29. Qd2 c3 30. Qe8 c2 31. g6 Bf6 32. g7 Qd5
>33. Qb2 c1=Q 34. g8=Q+ Kd6 35. f5 Bh4+ 36. Qfg3 Bg5 37. f6 Qh4 38. f7
>Qhg4 39. f8=Q h4 40. Qgg7 h3 41. Qgg8 h2 42. Qgg7 h1=Q *
>{
>[D]r1b1QQ1r/4n1Q1/3k4/3qn1b1/4R1q1/N3B1Q1/1Q1Q1K2/Rqqq1BNq w - -
>}

With 9...hxg4 10.cxd5 fxe4 you clear a path for all pawns to Queen with just 4
captures instead of 6. You can wind up with an extra pair of Queens this way.



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