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Subject: Re: positions in chess <= 10^40?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:22:42 11/30/02

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On November 30, 2002 at 03:11:05, Dan Andersson wrote:

>It is not trivial to test by random generation of pieces. The proportion of
>legal positions is influenced by the mix of pieces on the board. To get an
>accurate measure you need to multiply the fractional contribution of each class
>of position with the frequency of legal positions. And to find what classes of
>positions that you should include is another problem. All this could be
>automated. A Bayesian learning process maybe. But you would need quite some time
>to get a viable result.
>
>Mvh Dan Andersson

I agree.

I also said that it is not trivial but is not impossible.

Uri



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