mclure@SRI-UNIX@sri-unix (12/12/82)
Date: 10 Dec 1982 1100-PST From: Michael O. Newton <Newton at CIT-20> Subject: Legal Move/Board Position*3 To: chess at SRI-UNIX Does anyone know what chess board position has the most number of legal moves for the player to move? By board position I include other state information: En Passent square, castling allowed bits ... What position maximizes the number of states three plies away, i.e: what position will lead to the most number of board positions after the current move is done, a reply given and then another move. What percentage of the paths are redundant? What is the position with the most number of paths, but not necessarily the most number of positions after 3 ply? If anyone has any comment/pointers/... on the above it would be helpful for a project I've been working on. mike