Quick Quiz

Am puzzled smalltime.By the,how many queens can one have in a game once the pawn has reached the opposite end.
tanx in advance

9

18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.

Originally posted by Redmike
18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.

Originally posted by Redmike
18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I read 'can one have' as in the personal 'one' ie. a single person.

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14 queens.....

Take for example files A and B. Lets say that you have a5 and b4. After b5 axb5 en passant and for files A and B you Queen 3 pawns.
Every two files...3 queens...
So yoy have 12 Queens like that and then the 2 queens...

Thats make 14.

It´s a strange game...but.....

Originally posted by hipercandombe
14 queens.....

Take for example files A and B. Lets say that you have a5 and b4. After b5 axb5 en passant and for files A and B you Queen 3 pawns.
Every two files...3 queens...
So yoy have 12 Queens like that and then the 2 queens...

Thats make 14.

It´s a strange game...but.....

taking en passant allows 2 pawns to turn into queens.
In the other column yoy have only 1 pawn (the other was taken en passant)
So you can queen up to 12 pawns, not the 16 becase...

But Now im thinking more and i think you can have 16 queens....let me think a little bit more

Originally posted by onyx2006
pawns can't just 'pass through' each other tho!

Originally posted by hipercandombe
taking en passant allows 2 pawns to turn into queens.
In the other column yoy have only 1 pawn (the other was taken en passant)
So you can queen up to 12 pawns, not the 16 becase...

But Now im thinking more and i think you can have 16 queens....let me think a little bit more

thats why I think that 18 should be fine...
But i didn´t try it at home...
Im at work actually...when i arrive home ill do it otb

Jesus - what did I start?

Originally posted by Redmike
Jesus - what did I start?