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Subject: Re: In Nalimov“s Tablebases. Whait is a Broken Position?

Author: Robert Pope

Date: 05:53:10 12/27/01

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On December 26, 2001 at 12:06:49, guy haworth wrote:

>
>Heiner is about right.
>
>A 'broken position' is one which has been _seen_ to be illegal.  The only two
>reasons (in fact) why this should be are:
>
>1)  the side-to-move is in check
>
>2)  two pieces share the same square (e.g. Q and R in KQRK, wtm)
>
>G

You mean "the side not-to-move is in check", right?  If side-to-move is in
check, they just use their move to get out of check.



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