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Subject: Re: Many queens possible. Is it possible to save the rook?

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 06:27:42 10/04/05

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On October 03, 2005 at 21:12:30, Dann Corbit wrote:

>{or is this the maximum material that can appear on the board in points?}
>
>[Event "Edited game"]
>[Site "DCORBIT64"]
>[Date "2005.10.03"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "-"]
>[Black "-"]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Ne4 Ne5 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. c4 c5 6. Qd3 Qd6 7. exd6
>exd3 8. f3 f6 9. Kf2 Kf7 10. d7 d2 11. d8=Q d1=Q 12. e4 e5 13. Ne2 Ne7 14.
>Nd4 Nd5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Qa5 Qa4 17. d6 d3 18. d7 d2 19. d8=Q d1=Q 20. Kg1
>Kg8 21. Qdb6 Qdb3 22. c5 e4 23. c6 e3 24. c7 e2 25. a3 e1=Q 26. Qf2 Bd7 27.
>c8=Q Qeb4 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. g4 b5 30. Bc4 bxc4 31. b3 c3 32. Qc7 c2 33. Bf4
>c1=Q+ 34. Qf1 Qba5 35. b4 Qg5 36. b5 a5 37. b6 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b7 a4
>40. b8=Q h6 41. h3 Kh7 42. Qf2 Bb4 43. axb4 a3 44. b5 a2 45. Rb1 a1=Q 46.
>b6 Bc6 47. b7 Be4 48. fxe4 Qd8 49. Qbc8 Qaa2 50. b8=Q f5 51. e5 Qfg6 52. e6
>Rf8 53. e7 Rg8 54. e8=Q Rf8 55. Bg3 f4 56. Rf1 f3+ 57. Kh2 Rg8 58. Rh1 Q6f6
>59. Qg2 f2 60. Rb7 f1=Q 61. Rb6 Qfa1 62. Qee7 Kh8 63. Qa3 g6 64. Qh4 Qa5
>65. Bf4 g5 66. Rg1 gxf4 67. g5 f3 68. g6 f2 69. g7+ Kh7 70. Rh1 Qfe2 71.
>Qha4 Rh8 72. Qgc6 h5 73. Qcc5 f1=Q+ 74. Qf2 h4 75. Rb3 Re8 76. g8=Q+ Kh6
>77. Rg1 Qcg5 78. Qge6+ Qg6 79. Rbg3 hxg3+ 80. Kh1 g2+ 81. Kh2 Kg5 82. h4+
>Kh6 83. h5 Rf8 84. Rh1 Qgf6 85. Kh3 Kg5 86. h6 g1=Q+ 87. Qg2+ Kh5 88. h7
>Qa1b1 89. h8=Q+
>*
>
>[D]1QQq1r1Q/2Q5/r3Qq2/q6k/Q7/Q6K/q3q1Q1/1q3qqR b - - 0 89

Here is an edited game where you end up with 18 queens and 4 rooks. So to answer
your question, YES, it is possible.

[Event "Edited game"]
[Site "NORM3"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]

1. d3 d6 2. e3 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na4 Be7 6. Nb6 axb6 7. Bd2 Bd7
8. Be2 Ne5 9. g3 d5 10. h3 Ba3 11. bxa3 Kf8 12. e4 Ke8 13. Bh6 gxh6 14. Kf1
Nfg4 15. hxg4 Nc4 16. dxc4 c5 17. Ke1 Kf8 18. Nd4 cxd4 19. f3 f6 20. e5 Be8
21. Kf1 Bg6 22. Ke1 Be4 23. fxe4 Ke8 24. g5 Kf8 25. Bg4 Ke8 26. Bf5 exf5
27. a4 b5 28. a5 b4 29. a4 b6 30. a6 b5 31. a5 b3 32. a7 b4 33. a6 b2 34.
Ra5 b3 35. Ke2 Rc8 36. a8=Q b1=Q 37. a7 b2 38. Qb8 Qa1 39. a8=Q b1=Q 40. c5
d3+ 41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Kf3 d2 43. c4 d3 44. c6 Ke7 45. Qg1 d1=Q+ 46. Kg2 d2
47. Kh3 Qdc1 48. c5 d1=Q 49. c7 Qg8 50. c6 Rf8 51. c8=Q Qdd2 52. c7 Qda2
53. Qcb7 Qcb2 54. Rh2 Kf7 55. Rg2 Kg6 56. c8=Q f4 57. Q7a7 f3 58. Qcb7 f2
59. e6 f1=Q 60. e5 Qfc1 61. e7 f5 62. e6 Kh5 63. Qgb6 Kg6 64. Kh2 Kh5 65.
Kh3 f4 66. Kh2 Rf5 67. g6 Rg5 68. g4+ Kh4 69. Rb5 Qgg7 70. e8=Q f3 71. Qec8
Qgc3 72. Re5 f2 73. Re3 h5 74. Reg3 Rf8 75. e7 f1=Q 76. e8=Q Qfd3 77. Qec6
Qdc2 78. Qc6c7 Re5 79. g7 Kg5 80. g8=Q+ Kf4 81. g5 Rf5 82. g6 Rf6 83. g7
Rf5 84. Qh8 Rf6 85. g8=Q Qca3 86. Qgd8 h4 87. Qhg7 Re6 88. Qgd7 Kf5 89. Kh3
Kf4 90. Qg8 Qe4 91. Qc8d8 Qae3 92. Kh2 Qcc6 93. Qge8 Qbb5 94. Qd8c8 Q1b4
95. Qed8 Qaa6 96. Kh3 Q1a5 97. Kh2 Qbd6 98. Kh3 Qec5 99. Kh2 Kf5 100. Kh3
Qed5 101. Rg1 Ke4 102. Kg4 h3 103. Q8e8 h6 104. Qed8 Kd4 105. Kf4 h2 106.
Q8e8 h5 107. Qed8 h4 108. Kg4 h3 109. Q8e8 h1=Q 110. Qed8 Qhg2 111. Q8e8
Qga2 112. Qed8 Q2a4 113. Kh4 h2 114. Kg4 h1=Q
*

[D]QQQQ4/QQQQ4/qQqqr3/qqqqr3/q2k2K1/6R1/8/6Rq w - - 0 115







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