Author: Scott Gasch
Date: 14:55:24 01/28/02
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On January 28, 2002 at 17:48:48, Les Fernandez wrote: >Just curious to know what is the best being done now for storing a chess >position. In the worse case scenario (castling right exists) it takes me 162 >bits to store 32 pieces, color, location, side to move, castling, enpassant, >promotion, ce and pv. Now if castling rights do not exist then the worse case >scenario for the above is 81 bits. Much further reduction in bits/position is >possible but at the moment I am interested in the above. > >Thanks in advance, > >Les How can you have a 162 bit requirement with castling rights and a 81 bit requirement without castling rights? You're telling me you need 81 bits to store castling information? Here's a breakthrough for you: 0000 = no castling possible 0001 = white can castle short 0010 = white can castle long 0100 = black can castle short 1000 = black can castle long 1111 = all castling possible Scott
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