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jomb1513

e7xd8=Q#

StjarnaNewRoman

Does 1/2-1/2 count as a notation

StjarnaNewRoman
jomb1513 wrote:

e7xd8=Q#

This would never be written as pawn moves would never have the number of the starting square in them

jomb1513
StjarnaNewRoman wrote:
jomb1513 wrote:

e7xd8=Q#

This would never be written as pawn moves would never have the number of the starting square in them

what do you mean?

jomb1513
StjarnaNewRoman wrote:

Does 1/2-1/2 count as a notation

no

StjarnaNewRoman

You can never see, for example, e2e4 because it is impossible for more than one pawn on the E file to be able to move to e4

Jahnavi-Shankar

R5xd8#

Spamtong_G_Spamtong

Bd3xF5#

Ghass2015

exd8=Q#

Geelhoedp

I had this in an actual game!
12. gxf8=Q#
https://www.chess.com/game/live/131467874703

Rivan0G

i think d7xe8=Q#

Ghass2015
Rivan0G wrote:

i think d7xe8=Q#

No, it should be dxe8=Q#, because it's impossible for two pawns in the same file capturing one square.

prezuntu

I tried to find another longer notation, but couldn't. Even so, I'd like to share the possibility of O-O-O+ or O-O-O#. If it was possible to capture while castling this would be longer than 7 chars

prezuntu

I've just learned that there's this ++ notation for a double check. This could be helpful for this endeavor

Chess_guy4577

How about 1000. (a)xb8(N)?? (c)xd8(N)#??

The a pawn takes b8, and promotes into a knight, a blunder, and the same thing for black, except black checkmates on their move, also somehow a blunder, and also the 1000th move of the game. This is in total, counting the spaces, 30 characters long.

Chess_guy4577

Let me redo my original notation:

1000. (a)xb8(N)?? (c)xd8(N)++??

Thank you prezuntu.

Chess_guy4577

Or I think you can make it longer with

1000. (a7)xb8(N)=(N)?? [%clk 0:00:01] (c7)xd8(N)=(N)++#!! [%clk 0:00:01]

Assuming that clock notation is written and not just standard algebraic chess notation, this is 72 characters long, including spaces.

Chess_guy4577

Sorry, one last one, thank you skibdiJosef:

1000. (a7)xb8(N)=(N)?? [%clk 0:00:01] (c7)xd8(N)=(N)#?? [%clk 0:00:01] 0.5-0.5

Even though we remove the double check, we actually increase it by 6 digits, making it 78 characters including spaces and periods when we include the match results.

KieferSmith
1,000. ... pexf3 e.p. d.c. ++ #
That's 31 characters. 1,000 is the move number, ... because it's black's move, p is optional when writing pawn moves, e.p. indicates en passant, d.c. indicates discovered check, ++ indicates double check, and # indicates checkmate. The vast majority of that is optional, but so is moving your pawns in a chess game and you can still win that way, so...