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Subject: Re: Maximum Legal Moves

Author: Ratko V Tomic

Date: 18:05:57 08/12/99

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 > The following assumes you want to know this because you
 > are writing a program of some sort.

I suppose most folks here either want to write one or are
in the process of writing. At present I don't have that kind
of time to start writing the working program (at least not the
type I have in mind), but have just enough time to explore
methods, write and play with some prototyping quality code
(the main one is a long range positional planner, based on
the generalization of Botvinnik's "field of play" construct),
write down various ideas, read up papers, and whatever else
can be done in scattered small chunks of time.

Regarding the "max legal moves" topic, I expected a byte per
move would do, but it seems the exact max is still an open
question. Although for a practical program, one probably need
not worry at all. If the program were to lose a game because
of exceeding such limit, the finding it and moving the boundary
would surely be more interesting than winning one game.




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