If My pawn reaches the other end of the board

Here is a way to get 18 queens, after that it's just a case of shielding the king with the new queens.

1. a4 a5
2. b4 c5
3. b5 d5
4. c4 d4
5. e4 e5
6. d3 b6
7. f4 f6
8. f5 g5
9. g4 h5
10. h3 h4
11. Nc3 dxc3
12. d4 Nc6
13. bxc6 b5
14. d5 b4
15. Ne2 Ba6
16. Ng3 hxg3
17. h4 Bb5
18. axb5 a4
19. h5 Ne7
20. Rh4 gxh4
21. g5 Ng6
22. fxg6 f5
23. h6 f4
24. Be3 Rh7
25. Bd4 Rf7
26. h7 Rf5
27. exf5 cxd4
28. f6

I couldn't be bothered last night but here is the full PGN for eighteen queens

1.a4 a5 2.b4 c5 3.b5 d5 4.c4 d4 5.e4 e5 6.d3 b6 7.f4 f6 8.f5 g5 9.g4 h5 10.h3 h4
11.Nc3 dxc3 12.d4 Nc6 13.bxc6 b5 14.d5 b4 15.Ne2 Ba6 16.Ng3 hxg3 17.h4 Bb5 18.axb5 a4
19.h5 Ne7 20.Rh4 gxh4 21.g5 Ng6 22.fxg6 f5 23.h6 f4 24.Be3 Rh7 25.Bd4 Rf7 26.h7 Rf5
27.exf5 cxd4 28.f6 b3 29.h8=Q h3 30.g7 h2 31.g8=Q h1=Q 32.b6 g2 33.b7 g1=Q 34.bxa8=Q b2
35.c7 b1=Q 36.c8=Q c2 37.c5 c1=Q 38.Qh2 Qg4 39.Qhe2 Qgh5 40.d6 Qf7 41.c6 a3 42.Qca6
Qbxa1 43.c7 Qab1 44.c8=Q a2 45.Qa6a4+ Qfd7 46.Qh7 a1=Q 47.g6 f3 48.g7 Qcc7 49.Kd2 f2
50.g8=Q e4 51.Bg2 f1=Q 52.Qd3 Qbb8 53.Qc3 Qa3 54.Qgg3 Bg7 55.fxg7 Qf8 56.g8=Q d3 57.Qb2
Qab4+ 58.Qc3 e3+ 59.Kc1 e2 60.Qhh2 e1=Q 61.Qab3 Qd7e7 62.Qg8g4 Qg8 63.Kb1 Kf8 64.Qdc1
d2 65.d7 d1=Q 66.Qe2 Qde8 67.d8=Q

Originally posted by leestatic
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And Black has an easy win.

Originally posted by stgrego78
If my pawn reaches the other end of the board before there are any other pieces for me to recover, then I lose my queen, can I re activate her?

I think the reason some people think this is when you play OTB if nothing has been taken then you have nothing to use for the queen.

Also people I have played have expressed concern over my king having mutiple wives.

Originally posted by Will Everitt
I think the reason some people think this is when you play OTB if nothing has been taken then you have nothing to use for the queen.

Also people I have played have expressed concern over my king having mutiple wives.

Steady. Dont upset the Etnics.

Originally posted by celticcountry
Steady. Dont upset the Etnics.

Personally I think my king should be able to have more then 9 wives if he wants. He is the king after all.

Originally posted by stgrego78
If my pawn reaches the other end of the board before there are any other pieces for me to recover, then I lose my queen, can I re activate her?

Automatically does so!

Originally posted by Bowmann
What's wrong with it?

For one thing, it lacks a king!?

Originally posted by TRAINS44
Automatically does so!

Eh?

Here's a game with 5 queens (on the board at the same time). It was brilliantly contrived by Alekhine and never really existed. But he fooled many people into thinking it was an actual game. It is in Alekhine's "best game" collection.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1282607

There are many games with 4 queens, theoretically sound.

Originally posted by Yuga
Here's a game with 5 queens (on the board at the same time). It was brilliantly contrived by Alekhine and never really existed. But he fooled many people into thinking it was an actual game. It is in Alekhine's "best game" collection.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1282607

There are many games with 4 queens, theoretically sound.

thanks for that game.

made me laugh.