Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 12:54:02 05/16/04
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On May 16, 2004 at 14:28:48, Marc Bourzutschky wrote: >In a book review at www.chesscafe.com there is a discussion of an older version >of Fischer Random Chess, called pre-chess. > >The main difference between FRC and pre-chess is that in pre-chess black and >white can have different piece arrangements on the first row. The only >constraints are that each side has to have opposite colored bishops, and that >castling is only allowed like in classical chess (i.e., white can only castle if >the king is on e1, and there is a rook on a1 or h1, etc). However, it is not >required that the starting position must allow castling. > >How many game theoretically different positions are there in pre-chess? I know >of 4 different suggestions, 2 by famous and 2 by less famous chess enthusiasts: > >Max Euwe: 4,147,200 >Noam Elkies: 8,294,400 >Paul Epstein: 5,317,600 >Marc Bourzutschky: 5,149,368 > >Which one is correct, or all they all wrong? > >-Marc After reading the article, I would have to agree that 8,294,400 is the correct count. How did you arrive at your number?
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