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What is the maximum number of moves that can occur during a chess game?
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∙ 13y ago
The maximum number of moves that can occur during a single Chess game is 6350. This is because only 50 moves are allowed without a piece being captured, or a pawn being advanced before the game is avowed as a draw. So, if there are 16 pawns that have six moves each before they are promoted, then 16 x 6 makes 96 possible moves by the pawns alone. In addition to that, there are 30 pieces that can be captured during the game. So the maximum number of moves fulfilling the conditions of the rule is 126.
Assuming that these moves happen as infrequently as is possible, there are at most
126 x 50 + 50 = 6350 moves in a game of Chess.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe only rule which really comes into play when considering this is the "50 move rule." This rule states that the game is a draw if there have been 50 moves by both players without a pawn push or a capture. With this fact it is easy to work out the longest possible game:
Each pawn can be pushed 6 times, and there are 16 pawns. 6x16=96
Each piece can be captured, and there are 30 pieces (excluding the king).
This means that there are 96+30=126 moves that would save the 50 move rule.
If we make sure both players make 99 moves in between each of these saving moves, then that means the game is 12,600 moves long. At this point, it would be a draw for insufficient material as only the kings would be left. However, such a rule is rarely formalised, so it is possible the game could go on 100 more moves before being a draw by the 50 move rule. This means that the longest possible game is 12,700 moves (6,350 by each player)
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