Author: F. Huber
Date: 11:00:25 05/10/05
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On May 10, 2005 at 13:52:31, Dann Corbit wrote: >Which is (of course) a prefectly valid result. > >I would prefer a more specific diagnosis (e.g. 'Too many pieces -- count > 32' >or 'Too many black queens -- count > 9' or something of that nature. But >diagnosic+failre is one of the two ideal situations (the other being processing >the position normally for "extended" problem solving. Some of Leonid's >fascinating positions along with Venton Abillo's positions are not always >legal). You´re right, they are sometimes ´a little bit´ illegal - but not so extreme. IMO at least 2 conditions should always be true: 1) exactly one king for each side 2) a maximum of 16 pieces for each side That are e.g. the necessary requirements for Chest, and seem quite logical to me - everything else should not really confuse a well programmed engine! Regards, Franz.
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