Max number of the queens in a chess game
By ViragElvtars
@ViragElvtars (21)
Hungary
May 4, 2007 3:13am CST
You certainly have already met the question: how many queens can be present at the same time in a chess game?
The answer is 18, the 2 original ones and the 16 pawns can be promote. But can you create a proper chess game where the 18 queens will appear? It is possible, but not simple.
I wonder the shortest game.
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2 responses
@juliefaye (1214)
• Philippines
4 May 07
all 16 pawns can be promoted? i think its next to impossible. you're lucky if those 16 can go a long way... you make me think...
@ViragElvtars (21)
• Hungary
5 May 07
It is surely possible, one of my chess friends created a game where 18 queens were on the board. It was published in a chess magazine.
Of course, white and black must cooperate. So it is not a serious chess game, but the move order must be correct, suitable for the chess rules.
@klystron635 (1519)
• Philippines
4 May 07
I don't think it's possible. Okay it's possible but definitely not simple which makes it really impossible. During my lifetime of playing chess games. Even promoting one pawn to become a queen is really hard. So hard!
