The most I have seen is a mediocre 3. If I was a good player I would like to try and get 4-5 of my opponents pawns in a queue, (but I'm not). Show your games where you have created a pawn 'Conga' please.

I'd like to get all 8 on one file....... not ever gonna see it in a real game, though. 

indeed, it's only possible to get 6 pawns on a file at once

No..... it is possible to have 7 at once, but only for a part of the move.  Then you have to replace the seventh with something else.

In the chess universe time is quantized.  There is no such thing as 'half way through a move'.  

This puzzle... Have I been up too long? If white is to move (Which would have to be Rook or King)- Then Black King is in Stalemate at a8.

 BTW, only 3 pawn conga for me....

1. Rd1     Kxa7
2. Rd6     Kb8
3. Rh6     Kc8
4. Rh7     Kd8
5. a7       Ke8
6. p->Qa8++

There may still be problems if the black king doesn't move quite the same, but I am working on them.

1. Rc1     Kxa7
2. Kd2     Kxa6
3. Rc6+   Kxa5
4. Kc3     Kxa4
5. Rc5     Kxa3
6. Ra5++

black should just resign there.

 

i saw 5 pawns on the same file. 

 in one of my games.i had 5 pawns.lost 3 but promoted one and won da game.

What a mad set up!

This is the solution

sstteevveenn wrote: indeed, it's only possible to get 6 pawns on a file at once

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Nonsense, I've seen 7!  But it was after my little brother got pissed at me for taking his queen and threw all the pieces up in the air...  The wern't all standing upright, though...

iv only seen 3

 

I'll bet you could get more than seven on a column -- and all standing upright and at full attention -- if you were playing on one of those 3-way or 4-way boards!  Also, if one is dyslexic (no disrespect intended here), then rows would appear to be columns and vice versa, so the starting position would appear to have eight pawns on the same column, right?

dylan wrote:

In the chess universe time is quantized.  There is no such thing as 'half way through a move'.  

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What about en passant?

en passant is a logic thing.

 

Alekhine once had quadrupleds (in an early game of his--which he lost; it's in the collection edited by Reinfeld).

Judge of the Knight was your opponent really called, Some idiot rich boy?

 

That's a great name, well, made me laugh.