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Subject: Re: Chess960 mirror positions -> Chess480

Author: Andreas Stabel

Date: 00:00:54 08/02/05

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On August 01, 2005 at 10:18:44, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On August 01, 2005 at 10:07:49, Andreas Stabel wrote:
>
>>Chess 960 is really chess 480 since half the positions are mirror images of
>>other positions and therefore funtionally identical.
>>
>>I do not understand why these mirror positions have not been eliminated.
>
>Because they are *not* functionally identical.  Castling is not symmetrical.
>When castling queenside, the king ends up on c1/c8, when castling kingside,
>the king ends up on g1/g8.
>
>Tord

Right - thank you for enlightening me :)

Regards
Andreas



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