Fastest way to have only kings left on the board?

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abivasu

Because you can get a draw by having nothing but kings on the board, what is the fastest way you can think of (you can control both your and your opponent's moves) that does exactly that.

abivasu

[White "abivasu"]
[Black "abivasu"]
[Result "*"]

1.a4 a5 2.b4 axb4 3.c3 bxc3 4.e3 cxd2+ 5.Kxd2 b5 6.axb5 c6 7.bxc6 e6 8.cxd7+ Kxd7 9.Rxa8 Kd6 10.Rxb8 Kc6+ 11.Kc2 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Kc7 13.Rxc8+ Kxc8 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Nxa3 f5 16.g4 fxg4 17.h3 gxh3 18.Rxh3 g5 19.f4 gxf4 20.exf4 h5 21.Rxh5 Rxh5 22.f5 exf5 23.Bd3 Rh1 24.Bxf5+ Kd8 25.Nc2 Rxg1+ 26.Ne1 Rxe1+ 27.Kxe1 Nh6 28.Ke2 Nxf5 29.Kf3 Ne3 30.Kxe3
*

 

 

here is the PGN for a draw because there was only kings on the board, I just couldn't post it with my iPad"....  I'll post it later.

AussieMatey
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AussieMatey

Im gonna give this a good solid once only crack! Wish me luck!!!

 



nimzomalaysian

i can beat that

AussieMatey

You can't - that's the World Record !

nimzomalaysian

There are 30 pieces on the board other than the kings, so if I capture a piece every move, I need 15 moves to capture all the pieces. But the opening takes 1 or 2 moves, so I see why it's difficult to break that record.

ChessOfPlayer

If each move captures a piece (except the first two moves of course) then it is clearly impossible to beat as you cannot capture two pieces in the one move. 

AussieMatey

The game above was composed by G.Ponzetto from Italy in 2000 and he holds the Record for the fastest ever 2 Kings draw - 16.5 moves. It's unlikely to be beaten.

  The previous Record was held by Sam Loyd in around 1896 of 17 moves each.

abivasu
AussieRookie wrote:

Im gonna give this a good solid once only crack! Wish me luck!!!

 



That was fast.

abivasu

AussieRookie said that he was going for 14 moves, a player can't capture 15 pieces is 14 moves!

abivasu

Sorry about the typo. I ment " in 14 moves", not " is 14 moves".

nimzomalaysian

You know there is an 'edit' option right?

AussieMatey

O.K. then, 15 moves - but I realise my first move will have to be a damn good one ! Smile

petrikeckman

Could somebody find the fastest way to have only ten Knights both sides and Kings on the boards? Little like in this thread: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/funny-horses-game

I did not tried to find the fastest way, I just played with the game.

n9531l

There is a considerable history among problem composers about attempts to find a shortest proof game for positions with only two kings remaining. For serious composers, Ponzetto's game is just an interesting curiosity. It doesn't qualify as a valid proof game composition, since his solution is not unique, as required by current rules for judging chess compositions. In other words, there is more than one game leading to his final position. For example, White's moves 9 and 10 could be swapped without changing the result. There have been some unique 16.5 move solutions found under the condition that the FIDE Dead Reckoning rule be suspended.

To my knowledge, the best unique solution with no special conditions is a 19.5 move proof game composed by F. Labelle in 2012. That's the record you should try to beat if you want to become famous in the problem composition world.

abivasu

I just can't get the edit option to appear on my iPad.

abivasu

I'm finnally posting it.



bbeltkyle89
AussieRookie wrote:

Im gonna give this a good solid once only crack! Wish me luck!!!

 



Next thing is to try and find out how many permutations of the 30 move solution there is!!

n9531l
bbeltkyle89 wrote:
Next thing is to try and find out how many permutations of the 30 move solution there is!!

Since we have a unique 19.5 move solution, and a non-unique 16.5 move solution, any new results about a 30 move solution would not seem to be of much interest.

By the way, abivasu's game is not a valid solution unless the caption "No Dead Reckoning" is included. Without that condition, the game ends in a draw after Black's move 28, with a knight still on the board.