Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 14:55:16 05/28/02
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On May 28, 2002 at 14:17:27, Sune Fischer wrote: >On May 28, 2002 at 13:45:29, Heiner Marxen wrote: >>Habit or Hobbit? :-)) > >habit :) > >> >>>>>I also have the maximum number of pseudo legal moves set to 255, this must be >>>>>a potential bug too then? >>>> >>>>I think that the max number of legal moves is around 220. It's very well >>>>possible that the number of pseudo legal moves is above 255. So to answer your >>>>question: yes =) >>> >>>Hmmm 35 pins in one position I dare say must be impossible. >> >>Not 35 pins, but 35 pseudo legal moves, which are not legal since pinned. > >Yeah ok. >Can you then make a legal position with more than 255 pseudo legal moves? I don't know. I have not tried to do so, and I feel much too lazy to try it. >What is the position with 220 moves? The maximum (known) legal moves are 218. The position has been posted here and on rgcc several times, so an archive search or google search should find it. I have posted it myself, but do not have it handy just now. Cheers, Heiner
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