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Subject: Re: Minimum Number of Bytes

Author: Reinhard Scharnagl

Date: 15:40:03 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).

Therefore these two redundant bits are instead used to signal, whether any
castling is possible with the appropriate king or not. So a continuous bit
sequence could be preserved without having a two bit redundance.

Reinhard.



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