My friend and I would also laugh about out "Mexican standoffs" in our games, she is the one of the few people I play on a reg basis here on chess.com.
We had a fun game once where we didn't capture any pawns until right before the end, we thought that was pretty funny but didn't even realize it at first. I can't stand getting trapped behind my own pawns.........
I won a game recently losing only a single pawn, and capturing a single piece. it was a nice two-knight mate, with all four knights on adjacent squares.
don't know how to post the board here, too bad. It's here if anyone wants to see it
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=55587434#
Most possible is 16x50, 16 total pawn moves and 50 moves between each pawn move.
If draws will be claimed based upon the various rules to claim them (agreement, three-fold repetition,... and in particular the fifty-move rule) then this can be stretched to 33x49 + 16. Maybe even 33x49 + 17.
That is, the first 49 (not 50 else a claim) moves made by the knights and maybe rooks. Then a pawnmove from one player. Then a pawnmove, etc. This gives 33 'blocks' of 49 moves, separated by 32 pawn-moves. The 32 pawn-moves yield 16 full moves. Whether there is an additional move depends on if the last move after which a draw is claimed by the fifty-move rule counts as one.
Mate without a capture. Easy.
1.e4 Nc6 2.g3 Ne5 3.Ne2 Nf3#
This has happened in actual over the board games.
Let this thread rest in peace.
Shut it. Horse lover!
I did one I tried to beat the record with my sister and We got 21 moves sheesh!! without capture we traded knights in 21 move
I got a checkmate without using fools mate and without a capture either.