Answers.Body: <p>The maximum number for one side in a legal position is <strong>216 quiet moves</strong>, according to <a href="https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/P1179374" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> 46 year old chess problem.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Title "Thur Row, Chess Ultimates 1974, 216 Non-Capturing Moves"]
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Body: <p>The question of how many captures a position can have has been asked in the past: <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/8323/maximum-number-of-captures-in-a-position">Maximum number of captures in a position</a></p>
  
  <p>Without captures, and without promotion, which I define as “quiet” moves, what is the maximum number of quiet moves that one side can have in a legal chess position can have?</p>
  
Tags: <problems><pawn-promotion><records><captures>
Title: Maximum number of quiet moves in a position
ThreadText: # Maximum number of quiet moves in a position
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-05)
  
  The question of how many captures a position can have has been asked in the past: [Maximum number of captures in a position](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/8323/maximum-number-of-captures-in-a-position)
  
  Without captures, and without promotion, which I define as “quiet” moves, what is the maximum number of quiet moves that one side can have in a legal chess position can have?
  
  **Tags:** problems, pawn-promotion, records, captures
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-05. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  The maximum number for one side in a legal position is 216 quiet moves, according to this 46 year old chess problem.
  [Title "Thur Row, Chess Ultimates 1974, 216 Non-Capturing Moves"]
  [FEN "R6R/1K3Q2/3Q4/1Q4Q1/4Q3/2Q4Q/Q4QNN/2BB3k w - - 0 1"]
  
  
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