Re: [math-fun] Chess problem

24 Aug 2006

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At 04:33 PM 8/23/2006, David Wilson wrote:
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The problem is to find a legal chess position with the maximal 
number of possible plays for White.
Here's a position with 206 moves, and I believe that it can arrive 
legally from the starting position.

206    3  169   17   11    6
  B R _ _ _ _ _ Q
  _ _ _ Q _ _ _ _
  Q _ _ _ _ _ Q _
  B _ Q _ _ _ _ _
  K _ _ _ _ Q _ _
  _ Q _ _ _ _ _ _
  _ N _ _ _ _ Q _
  k N _ _ Q _ _ R

Re: [math-fun] Chess problem

Jud McCranie