Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 05:00:19 11/21/01
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On November 19, 2001 at 14:15:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >8 bits. Store the move number index from a canonical move generator that >emits moves in a fixed order for a given position. Since there are more >than 128 moves in many positions, and (so far) less than 256 in _any_ >position, 8 bits would do the trick. What is the meaning of the phrase "so far" here? It is easy to construct a position with more than 256 legal moves. Of course such a position is extremely unlikely to arise in actual play, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. Tord
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