Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Is this where the 174 bit minimal figure comes from?

Author: Peter Klausler

Date: 05:02:09 05/18/99

Go up one level in this thread


On May 17, 1999 at 21:15:59, Dann Corbit wrote:

>You would also need to store e.p. square, if any, I think. Ten bits more
>[5ep+4castle+1stm]gives 174 bits.

Two bits are all you need for the en passant file, actually.
There can be at most four pawns of the opponent on his
fourth rank next to a pawn of the player (on his fifth).



This page took 0.01 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.