Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
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Dann Corbit
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Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
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Dann Corbit
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Re: Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
I think this one should be legal (though the e.p. is superfluous):
The first one I posed had both bishops on the same color, and all the pawns were present, so not possible.
This second one adheres to the spec and is 80 characters. Is there a bigger one possible?
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Robert Pope
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Re: Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
That's only 79, though, isn't it? I think that is going to be the max, since the only way to get it longer is to add castling flags. And a castling flag would mean there is a 2 space gap, eliminating the extra character advantage.
Re: Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
you can maintain the structure of the first one and keep to the bishop pair by vertical flipping a bishop pair. Does that help?Dann Corbit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:56 amI think this one should be legal (though the e.p. is superfluous):
The first one I posed had both bishops on the same color, and all the pawns were present, so not possible.
This second one adheres to the spec and is 80 characters. Is there a bigger one possible?
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Spill_The_Tea
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Re: Is it possible to have and EPD string wider than 79 chars
unless it is chess 960. Then you could have all castling rights still