Author: KarinsDad
Date: 08:50:34 05/29/99
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On May 28, 1999 at 19:39:07, blass uri wrote: > >On May 28, 1999 at 19:22:23, KarinsDad wrote: > > > ><snip> >>>This assumption is not correct but it is close to be correct. >> >>Not really. Only about 1/15th (not 1/16th) of the cases will be legal. The >>reason is that your white square bishop calculations used 36*35/2 instead of >>18*17/2 and your black square bishop calculations used 34*33/2 instead of >>18*17/2. > >> You cannot say that there is 36 squares remaining for a white square >>bishop when it can only go on the white squares (approximately 36/2 = 18 >>squares). > >if you assume 18 white squares then it is 18*17 and not 18*17/2 because the >order is important(in the case of 36*35/2 the order was not important because I >chose 2 bishops with the same colour when the colour of the square was not >important) > >Uri Of course, you are right. You will notice over time that I occasionally post total garbage and believe every word of it until someone points out an obvious mistake (my chess play is like that as well). I think it is due to the main processor working, but the other CPUs going on a coffee break. In any case, this brings your total down to 110 bits (or so). I will try to get around to posting the 3 bishop case later this weekend if I find the time. KarinsDad :)
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