Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubled_pawns#Tripled_and_quadrupled_pawns">Wikipedia mentions Alekhine-Nenarokov 1907 and van der Wiel-Hort 1981</a> as two (and by no means the only) games with quadrupled pawns. I can find no mention of quintupled pawns.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: The former is at [chessgames](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011704). The players and year 1907 match the alleged attribution in a spurious game, but the A-N here is a genuine game.
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Answers.Body: <p>I once had this position in one of my games as White:</p>
  
  <pre><code>r3qrk1/1bp3np/p3p3/1p1pPpp1/3b1P2/2PBP2P/PP4PB/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 20
  
  1. exd4 (1. cxd4)
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  <p>I played exd4, undoubling my pawns, but also considered cxd4, which would have resulted in a picturesque "pawn diamond". Stockfish gives nearly the same evaluation to both moves, so maybe I should have gone with the diamond just so I could said I really played it instead of almost played it! :-)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>According to Tim Krabbé, <a href="https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/records/recordstxt.htm#Longest%20living%20quadrupled%20pawns">Kovacs - Barth, Balatonbereny 1994</a> was the game with the longest living quadrupled pawns (23 moves). That would imply that he (an authority when it comes to chess records) doesn't know of any games with quintupled pawns.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I played a game with an amateur that resulted in my opponent having tripled pawns right beside my doubled pawns.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WxiED.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WxiED.jpg" alt="Picture of my game"></a></p>
  
  <p>I'm wondered if there were any games with quadruple pawns. After finding such games, I started thinking of the possibility of quintuple pawns (high level preferably). Are there any games with such pawn structures, or generally any interesting pawn structures as seen in the above picture? Also, as a side question, what are your picks on the weirdest and most interesting pawn structures in a game you've played/found?</p>
  
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Title: Quintuple pawns / Interesting pawn structures
ThreadText: # Quintuple pawns / Interesting pawn structures
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-12)
  
  I played a game with an amateur that resulted in my opponent having tripled pawns right beside my doubled pawns.
  
  [![Picture of my game](https://i.sstatic.net/WxiED.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/WxiED.jpg)
  
  I'm wondered if there were any games with quadruple pawns. After finding such games, I started thinking of the possibility of quintuple pawns (high level preferably). Are there any games with such pawn structures, or generally any interesting pawn structures as seen in the above picture? Also, as a side question, what are your picks on the weirdest and most interesting pawn structures in a game you've played/found?
  
  **Tags:** history, pawn-structure, famous-games
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-12. Score: 14 | Accepted answer
  
  According to Tim Krabbé, [Kovacs - Barth, Balatonbereny 1994](https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/records/recordstxt.htm#Longest%20living%20quadrupled%20pawns) was the game with the longest living quadrupled pawns (23 moves). That would imply that he (an authority when it comes to chess records) doesn't know of any games with quintupled pawns.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-12. Score: 12
  
  [Wikipedia mentions Alekhine-Nenarokov 1907 and van der Wiel-Hort 1981](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubled_pawns#Tripled_and_quadrupled_pawns) as two (and by no means the only) games with quadrupled pawns. I can find no mention of quintupled pawns.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: The former is at [chessgames](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011704). The players and year 1907 match the alleged attribution in a spurious game, but the A-N here is a genuine game.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-03-21. Score: 3
  
  I once had this position in one of my games as White:
  
  ```
  r3qrk1/1bp3np/p3p3/1p1pPpp1/3b1P2/2PBP2P/PP4PB/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 20
  
  1. exd4 (1. cxd4)
  
  ```
  
  I played exd4, undoubling my pawns, but also considered cxd4, which would have resulted in a picturesque "pawn diamond". Stockfish gives nearly the same evaluation to both moves, so maybe I should have gone with the diamond just so I could said I really played it instead of almost played it! :-)
  
  
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