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Subject: Re: Minimum Number of Bytes

Author: Reinhard Scharnagl

Date: 16:55:52 12/23/03

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On December 23, 2003 at 15:52:51, KarinsDad wrote:

>On December 23, 2003 at 15:36:07, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:
>
>>I just have shortened the amount of bits needed for storing by two.
>>
>>[http://www.rescon.de/Compu/schachzahl1_e.html]
>>
>>Reinhard.
>
>Castling information can be stored in the king position information since kings
>cannot be adjacent (i.e. you do not need every bk/wk possibility in the 12 bits,
>there is room left over for the 16 possibilities of rook castling).
>
>Maybe that will help some. :)

Well, that only would be that simple, when both kings are originally placed.
But it might be, that one king has moved and the other still is able to castle.

Nevertheless I will think it over. (Dieter Bürßner already argued your way).

Reinhard.



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