Asri-unix.510 net.chess utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!HDT@MIT-MC Thu Jan 14 12:16:20 1982 From: Howard D. Trachtman A friend and I are considering several possible encoding strategies for end game positions, but what has been discussed is not entirely applicable. We want to restrict ourselves to finding new ways of handling end games in which a maximum of 5 pieces other than the kings are on the board. Could the readers kindly supply an algorithm for saving space when given a specific chess position. (The optimal solution seems to require knowledge of which 5 pieces are selected at the beginning of the endgame). Thanks very much, Howard D. Trachtman ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.