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Longest opening with no pieces taken...

Longest opening with no pieces taken...

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Just wondering what is the greatest number of moves people have gotten into a game before a piece is taken. I'm playing a game with stammer, and we've reached 23 completed moves with no pieces taken...

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I don't know if you meant RHP games but on Tim Krabbé's Chess Records-page, http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm there is this "Latest first capture", a game where 71 moves are played with no captures and then a draw claimed by the 50-move rule. I didn't play through the game so I don't know whether it is a sensible game or the players deliberately played without capturing. Anyway, Krabbé claims that these records are from 'serious and verifiable tournament games'..

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ive gotten to about 35-40 moves and my opponent and i settled on a draw.