"16 Pieces Problem"

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Place all 16 white pieces on the board so that the number of possible moves is a maximum.

To give you a hint, in the best solution known more than 120 moves are possible !
(should you include promotions, each one counts as 4 different moves: to Q, R, B, N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place all 16 white pieces on the board so that the number of possible moves is a maximum. 

This is the best solution known, and there are 122 moves possible,
among them 24 pawn promotions (6 pawns x 4 different promotions each).

If you are interested, the maximum possible for the 8 major white pieces is 100 moves.
For the combined 16 major white and black pieces, it's 173 moves.
Surprisingly, for all 32 pieces is only 164 moves

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what's the most number of moves using any combination of pieces?

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huh? i don't understand, why can't it show the image or video or whatever it is..... ;*(

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Tiger-13 wrote:

huh? i don't understand, why can't it show the image or video or whatever it is..... ;*(


 i don't understand what you are saying....

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RyanMK wrote:

what's the most number of moves using any combination of pieces?


 its 217, includeing pawn promotions

correct me if i am wrong

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Tiger-13 wrote:

huh? i don't understand, why can't it show the image or video or whatever it is..... ;*(


 its a blue box