Author: Mike S.
Date: 17:49:26 05/04/04
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On May 04, 2004 at 17:33:59, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >(...) >2) Only 29 pieces are needed - we know the 2 Ks already, when there are 32 >pieces on the board, we always know what the last piece will be, given the >first 31 pieces. I needed quite some time to understand, that there cannot be a case where only one pawn is missing from complete set (as the 2+30th piece) and we don't know what it may be IOW if it has been promoted or not, and into which piece :-) Because then, it must be a pawn still. This has retroanalytical aspects :-)) mfg. Michael
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