[Retros] 50-moves draw revisited

Pastmaker at aol.com Pastmaker at aol.com
Thu Jan 4 22:27:54 EST 2007




It is the case that after a capture or a pawn move the board array can never
be restored by valid chess moves to any position that existed prior to that
capture or pawn move, which seems to be a perfectly reasonable way to measure
"progress" in an over-the-board game.

It is also the case that in certain positions if a player castles the board
arrary can never be restored by valid chess moves to any position that existed
prior to the castling. However unlike pawn moves and captures, the
irreversibility is not necessarily the case after every instance of castling.

Whatever we like ....

Tom Volet
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