Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 19:05:23 05/04/04
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On May 04, 2004 at 20:49:26, Mike S. wrote: >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 ...And how could it be promoted if none of the pieces are missing?
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