Answers.Body: <p>Here's an <a href="https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/search.jsp?expression=PROBID=%27P0005398%27" rel="nofollow noreferrer">example</a> of 30 successive captures (White's 3rd to Black's 17th). It is the solution (from White's 3rd onwards) of a massacre proof-game found by Gerd Wilts &amp; Norbert Geissler.</p>
  <pre><code>[Title &quot;Gerd Wilts &amp; Norbert Geissler.PDB CD-ROM 1998-Version&quot;]
  [StartPly &quot;4&quot;]
  [fen &quot;rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1&quot;]
  
  1.d3 d6 2. Bg5 Bg4 3. Bxe7 Bxe2 4. Bxd6 Bxf1 5. Bxc7 Qxd3 6. Bxb8 Qxc2 7. Bxa7 Rxa7 8. Qxc2 Rxa2 9. Qxh7 Rxb2 10. Qxg8 Rxb1+ 11. Rxb1 Rxh2 12. Rxb7 Rxh1 13. Rxf7 Rxg1 14. Rxg7 Rxg2 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Kxg7
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Body: <p>What is this the longest possible series of consecutive captures in a legal position? Here is an example of 25 on the same square, which is not required.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN "q1kr2q1/1qnqnb2/2prp3/q2pK3/2P1P3/1QNQNB2/Q2R2Q1/3R3Q w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. exd5 cxd5 2. cxd5 exd5 3. Bxd5 Qaxd5+ 4. Ncxd5 Rxd5+ 5. Nxd5 Nexd5 6. Qdxd5 Nxd5 7. Qbxd5 Qdxd5+ 8. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 9. Qaxd5 Bxd5 10. Rxd5 Qaxd5+ 11. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 12. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 13. Kxd5
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Title: What is the longest possible series of consecutive captures?
ThreadText: # What is the longest possible series of consecutive captures?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-16)
  
  What is this the longest possible series of consecutive captures in a legal position? Here is an example of 25 on the same square, which is not required.
  [FEN "q1kr2q1/1qnqnb2/2prp3/q2pK3/2P1P3/1QNQNB2/Q2R2Q1/3R3Q w - - 0 1"]
  
  1. exd5 cxd5 2. cxd5 exd5 3. Bxd5 Qaxd5+ 4. Ncxd5 Rxd5+ 5. Nxd5 Nexd5 6. Qdxd5 Nxd5 7. Qbxd5 Qdxd5+ 8. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 9. Qaxd5 Bxd5 10. Rxd5 Qaxd5+ 11. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 12. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 13. Kxd5
  
  **Tags:** problems, records, captures
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-16. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  Here's an example of 30 successive captures (White's 3rd to Black's 17th). It is the solution (from White's 3rd onwards) of a massacre proof-game found by Gerd Wilts & Norbert Geissler.
  [Title "Gerd Wilts & Norbert Geissler.PDB CD-ROM 1998-Version"]
  [StartPly "4"]
  [fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
  
  1.d3 d6 2. Bg5 Bg4 3. Bxe7 Bxe2 4. Bxd6 Bxf1 5. Bxc7 Qxd3 6. Bxb8 Qxc2 7. Bxa7 Rxa7 8. Qxc2 Rxa2 9. Qxh7 Rxb2 10. Qxg8 Rxb1+ 11. Rxb1 Rxh2 12. Rxb7 Rxh1 13. Rxf7 Rxg1 14. Rxg7 Rxg2 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Kxg7
  
  
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