Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:13:41 10/04/05
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On October 04, 2005 at 09:27:42, Norm Pollock wrote:
>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
Thanks for this (both you and Uri).
It is an interesting proof that you can have a ton of material on the board in a
real (albeit highly improbable) game.
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