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Subject: Re: Storing a position

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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