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Subject: Re: maximum no of moves

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 00:33:37 01/04/04

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On January 04, 2004 at 02:57:24, Daniel Shawul wrote:

>Hello
>
>i use arrays to store moves in my chess program.
>the maximum array size is 80.but i found out that
>in some positions this is not true.what number is do you
>think suitable.Or should i use stacks instead.
>
>regards
>daniel

Unless this has changed recently, the highest known number of legal moves is
218, in this position:

[D]3Q4/1Q4Q1/4Q3/2Q4R/Q4Q2/3Q4/1Q4Rp/1K1BBNNk w - - 0 1



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