Answers.Body: <p>I have some records from a book published in 1969. They might have been surpassed since then, but if that is the case, I was not able to locate that information. I guess, since there is no reply after ~2 weeks, this should be better than nothing. These are records for captures by one side.</p>
  <p><strong>74 captures; legal position:</strong></p>
  <pre><code>[Title &quot;T. W. Marlow &amp; William Cross, Problem 05/1967&quot;]
  [FEN &quot;r1n1n1b1/1P1P1P1P/1N1N1N2/2RnQrRq/2pKp3/3BNQbQ/k7/4Bq2 w - - 0 1&quot;]
  </code></pre>
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  <p><strong>Edit: In response to the comment - here's a legal position without underpromotions in play, 65 captures possible.</strong></p>
  <pre><code>[Title &quot;T. W. Marlow &amp; William Cross, Problem 05/1967&quot;]
  [FEN &quot;k2Kb2R/1RrQnQN1/8/BqQbQqQn/8/1QbQqQNB/8/3rQq2 w - - 0 1&quot;]
  </code></pre>
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  <p>Source: <em>Guide To Fairy Chess</em> by Anthony Dickins.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Very good. Of course it's only 53 without the underpromotions. One could argue that bxa8Q, bxa8R, bxa8B, bxa8N should not count as four different captures, because promotion takes place **after** the capture.
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Answers.Text: @bof True. Added another diagram from the same book where underpromotions are not in play.
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Body: <p>I was wondering what the maximum number of captures in a position is, either in a real game or a problem.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: You need to flesh this out a little more before it'll be answerable. Do you mean the maximum number of different possible moves which are captures, available to a single player in a given position? Both players? Maximum number of consecutive captures from both sides, starting from a given position?
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Comments.Text: Does the position have to be legal?
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Title: Maximum number of captures in a position
ThreadText: # Maximum number of captures in a position
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-08)
  
  I was wondering what the maximum number of captures in a position is, either in a real game or a problem.
  
  **Tags:** problems, records, captures
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You need to flesh this out a little more before it'll be answerable. Do you mean the maximum number of different possible moves which are captures, available to a single player in a given position? Both players? Maximum number of consecutive captures from both sides, starting from a given position?  
  > **username_2**: Does the position have to be legal?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-20. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  I have some records from a book published in 1969. They might have been surpassed since then, but if that is the case, I was not able to locate that information. I guess, since there is no reply after ~2 weeks, this should be better than nothing. These are records for captures by one side.
  74 captures; legal position:
  [Title "T. W. Marlow & William Cross, Problem 05/1967"]
  [FEN "r1n1n1b1/1P1P1P1P/1N1N1N2/2RnQrRq/2pKp3/3BNQbQ/k7/4Bq2 w - - 0 1"]
  
  Additional Source: Die Schwable Chess Problem Database Server
  Edit: In response to the comment - here's a legal position without underpromotions in play, 65 captures possible.
  [Title "T. W. Marlow & William Cross, Problem 05/1967"]
  [FEN "k2Kb2R/1RrQnQN1/8/BqQbQqQn/8/1QbQqQNB/8/3rQq2 w - - 0 1"]
  
  Additional Source: Die Schwable Chess Problem Database Server
  Source: Guide To Fairy Chess by Anthony Dickins.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Very good. Of course it's only 53 without the underpromotions. One could argue that bxa8Q, bxa8R, bxa8B, bxa8N should not count as four different captures, because promotion takes place **after** the capture.  
  > **username_3**: @username_4 True. Added another diagram from the same book where underpromotions are not in play.  
  
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