Author: Bo Sjögren
Date: 01:23:09 09/30/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 21:41:29, Les Fernandez wrote: >On September 29, 2000 at 19:11:17, Bo Sjögren wrote: > >>Some time ago, maybe a year or so, there was an interesting >>discussing about the minimum number of bits necessary to store an >>arbitrary chess position. What was the conclusion of the >>discussion? Can I find the discussion in the archive, or a >>summary somewhere on the net? >> >>Regards, >>Bo S >Hi Bo, > >I cant remember exactly when there was quite a bit of discussion regarding this >subject only to tell you that I was quite involved with it at the time along >with many others. I thnik the person you should post here is KARINSDAD who >worked on this quite a bit and from when I last spoke to him was able to store >the board position in something like 153 bits I think that was including EP and >castling. I will see if I have any records as to about when this thread ripped >through here but I am sure KD can provide you with some info. In fact I took >the thread over to the MS newsgroup and we had a good one going there also. > >Good Luck, > >Les Hi Les, Thanks for the info. I'm not sure I want the absolute minimum; there should be a good balance between storage space, computing time necessary to "decipher" the format, and "normality". By normality I mean that I'm not interested in being able to represent any position with 9 knights or 8 bishops of the same colour; only position that may occur in "normal" play... Regards, Bo S
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