Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:53:44 12/23/03
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On December 23, 2003 at 16:35:02, KarinsDad wrote: >Another point is that you only need 62 bits to indicate piece/pawn location (the >position of the kings is already known). With these two changes, you need a maximum of 166-4 = 162 bits to store a chess position. Is that about what you had achieved befire? At any rate, it limits the maximum possible number of legal board permutations to no more than: 2^162 = 5846006549323611672814739330865132078623730171904 possible positions. (about 5.846e48) This does not (of course) take into account things like the half-move clock and position repeat status.
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