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piotr

A few years ago I tried to find moves to get 18 queens + 2 kings on the board.
It is real fun to find the shortest path to achieve this.

Can you find a better path? The main problem is king in check :).

 

=it is not the shortest solution=

 

 

erik
Sealed amazing and useless at the same time!!!
ACitizenofCamberia
And then the question is who wins the game?
jay
Holy cow dude....you are crazy! I can only imagine how much time you spent on that!
piotr

It is believed that 48 is the minimum number of moves to get 18Qs.

Anybody dares? :)

 

 

 

Not me.

Johndeacon7
i am using this game from now on!
vokidas

i already did this, it's funny

Kuroro
uhh...
Pavrey
what is the purpose - there are better ways to play chess!!
batgirl
What a harem! This proves chess originated in Persia.
tactician
that's pretty cool
piotr

Pavrey: just assume it is a mathematical problem. I was thinking not to show this solution, but then nobody would send any :). But maybe now it is possible?

So, can you find a solution in less then 53 moves? They say 48 to be the shortest and I don't know why. Do you understand why?

jbs87
omg u r like some kind of genius if u could figure out that whole 18 queen thing on ur own!!!
peekaboo
now i would love to see a game 8 queen's vs. 8 queen's.who wouldn't?? :)
bendcat

I'll try... but don't expect.. I'll post it if...

It looks fun to figure it out.Laughing 

like a puzzle problem.

Puc_7
lol very interesting puzzle. tho i never see myself having any use for it.
badmy004
but you have a problem.. the white king is on check while the black's is not!
NinjaBear
jay wrote: Holy cow dude....you are crazy! I can only imagine how much time you spent on that!

Heh... didn't take that long. I mean it's obvious that you need to double up the pawns. It took me about 15 minutes.

NinjaBear
erik wrote: amazing and useless at the same time!!!

A puzzle is a puzzle, short or long. It gives the mind a workout ^^ Some would argue that chess is useless.

feyterman
wow, thats amazing, though im not sure why