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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

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9

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18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.

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Originally posted by Redmike
18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.
pawns can't just 'pass through' each other tho!

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Originally posted by Redmike
18 surely - 9 black and 9 white.
I read 'can one have' as in the personal 'one' ie. a single person.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I read 'can one have' as in the personal 'one' ie. a single person.
Yeah - I'm just being pedantic.
One could be playing a game against oneself.

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da vi ebem angliiskio

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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.....

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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.....
Huh??? I don't follow that at all.

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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

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Originally posted by onyx2006
pawns can't just 'pass through' each other tho!
they cant? why not?

18 queens.

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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
You are forgetting that you have some minor pieces that can be used to move pawns around each other as well.

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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

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Jesus - what did I start?

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Originally posted by Redmike
Jesus - what did I start?
18.

[EDIT] Not my own work.

1. a4 b5
2. c4 d5
3. e4 f5
4. g4 h5
5. g5 Rh6
6. gxh6 Nf6
7. Be2 g5
8. Bg4 hxg4
9. e5 Kf7
10. exf6 Nd7
11. Nc3 Nb8
12. Ne4 fxe4
13. Ra3 Be6
14. c5 d4
15. Rc3 dxc3
16. c6 Nd7
17. cxd7 b4
18. b3 Rb8
19. Ba3 bxa3
20. a5 Rb6
21. axb6 a2
22. b7 a5
23. b4 a4
24. b5 a3
25. b6 c5
26. d4 c2
27. d5 c4
28. d6 c3
29. f4 e3
30. f5 Kg8
31. Qf3 g3
32. h4 g2
33. Rh3 Kh7
34. f7 g4
35. f6 Kg6
36. Qc6 Kf5
37. h5 g3
38. Ke2 Bd5
39. Qc8 e5
40. h7 Bb3
41. Kd3 e2
42. h6 e4+
43. Kd4 e3
44. Rh4 Kg5
45. Re4 Bg7
46. Re8 Kh4
47. Nh3 Kxh3
48. Kc5 Bf8
49. Rxf8 Qxf8
50. Kc6 Bc4
51. Kc7 Kh2
52. Kb8 Kh1
53. Ka8 Qg7
54. Qxc4 Qg4
55. b8=Q g1=Q
56. Qa7 Qh2
57. b7 g2
58. d8=Q g1=Q
59. Qcc8 Q4g2
60. Qc6 e1=Q
61. b8=Q Qeg3
62. Qdb6 e2
63. d7 e1=Q
64. d8=Q c1=Q
65. f8=Q Qce3
66. Qfd6 c2
67. f7 c1=Q
68. f8=Q a1=Q
69. h8=Q a2
70. h7 Qab2
71. Qhg7 a1=Q
72. h8=Q

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