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Subject: Re: Number of Moves in a Position

Author: Shep

Date: 08:53:07 09/20/99

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On September 20, 1999 at 11:05:05, Andreas Stabel wrote:


>1. no promoted pieces, without promotion moves: 109 white moves (W.Cross 1967)
>2. no promoted pieces                         : 144 white moves (J.Ban 1960)
>3. with promoted pieces                       : 218 white moves (Dickins 1968)
>4. with all 32 pieces                         :  99 white moves (HH.Cross 1946)
>
>1. 5k2/2K5/3N1B1P/P1NB4/6Q1/4R3/P1PP1P1P/1R6 w - - 0 1
>2. n1r1r1b1/1P1P1P1P/1Q6/3NBNK1/R7/4p1p1/3PBPkP/2R5 w - - 0 1
>3. 3Q4/1Q4Q1/4Q3/2Q4R/Q4Q2/3Q4/1Q4Rp/1K1BBNNk w - - 0 1
>4. q2Q3r/n6R/kpB1N1K1/p1p1Bppp/1PN3P1/1n1pp1b1/P1PPPP1P/r5Rb w - - 0 1
>
>Theese positions may break several chess engines :)

#3 broke every one I tried about 1 year ago: Crafty, MChess, Fritz, ... :)

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Shep



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