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Subject: Re: more squishy bits ideas to hold all possible board positions

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 09:28:49 10/20/99

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On October 19, 1999 at 21:13:16, Dann Corbit wrote:

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>Which is 5*8*4 + 8*4 = 192 bits
>
>I think it can be squished further by taking advantage of additional information
>and using a different encoding for the pieces (not sure how yet) but by
>combining the two ideas (rll + q/a) maybe we can get a really small board
>depiction.

Yes. The current minimum using these and other similar techniques is (I believe)
161 bits.

KarinsDad :)



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