Tasks and records in chess problem

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Some World records in the chess problem:

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[edit] Maximum moves

Nenad Petrović, Fairy Chess Review, 1946
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Image:chess zver 22.png a8 rl b8 c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 h8 rl Image:chess zver 22.png
a7 b7 c7 d7 ql e7 f7 g7 h7
a6 b6 ql c6 d6 e6 f6 g6 ql h6
a5 b5 c5 d5 e5 ql f5 g5 h5
a4 b4 c4 ql d4 e4 f4 g4 h4 ql
a3 ql b3 c3 d3 e3 f3 ql g3 h3
a2 pd b2 pd c2 d2 ql e2 f2 g2 h2
a1 kd b1 bl c1 nl d1 nl e1 f1 kl g1 bl h1
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White can play 218 different moves.


Diagram shows legal position with promoted pieces with maximum white moves.

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Morse, Jeremy (1995; revised edition, 2001), Chess Problems: Tasks and Records, Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-15363-1. Concentrates on maximum tasks and records.

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