The shortest game up to now?

Of all my games, this game which finished in 20 moves without a resignation is the shortest one that I know of. I'm guessing that there are others who have shorter games.

I have this one with 14 moves only!

And the longest so far?

It must be shorter than 3284214703056 * 206379406870 * 3 = 2?10^24

= C(64,12)*C(52,12)*3 otherwise it would be a draw by position repetition…

I only took into account positions with 12+12 pieces, so it may be a bit bigger…

or do you have a lower bound ?

Ok, I start again with this 43 move match. Any higher bids?

I'd say that the game you posted should be counted as 45 because of the resignation. Still, I've got one game that lasted 47 moves which is a bit longer.

65 moves

Did anyone try to simulate the shortest theorically possible game, with both players aiming to that objective?

Yes they did. the record is 9 moves and no proof 8 is impossible up to now.

See

http://www.boardspace.net/loa/english/short-games.html

Regards

Adam

this is a nice web page, two ways have been proven to win in nine moves (or 4.5 moves). One of the methods white wins, the other, black wins. The shortest known for scrambled eggs variation is 11 (5.5). (this is an old web page, I wonder if anyone has found faster solutions). What is the shortest possible win for the new “quick” variation? Let's see who can find the fastest possible win for “quick loa”

I have one in 6 moves for “Quick”, but maybe this was obvious:

1.d1-f3 a3xc1

2.f1-f4 c1xe1

3.f4-f7 h3xf3

I think you can prove it is the shortest possible.

This is the shortest game ever:

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1031619

Well done Carrol.

wow!! what happen there??

Carrol does not want to waste energy playing a game that he already knows that he is going to lose.

In te previous tournament “Vayamos” demonstrated a very high level. this level has never seen among humans in the past. I think that only the best computer programs (or probably just the best of them) can compite against Vayamos.