Re: [s-d] [s-b] chess moves

["Jamie Dallaire" <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Mike McGann <mike.mcgann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Jamie Dallaire
> <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm not sure about this at all but didn't you vacate it?
> Nope.
>
> > I don't think so. I know it wouldn't happen that all of his pieces would
> get
> > jammed together and couldn't move anymore. If he had certain combinations
> of
> > pieces, maybe though they just couldn't get to the last kings. e.g. all
> he
> > has is bishops on light squares, they can't get the kings on dark
> squares.
>
> With one free purchase allowed per turn, it is possible it could jam
> up in some weird way especially with the weight being high on
> generating pawns. I just find it intriguing to think about what would
> happen after a trillion of random moves, that's all.


True... hadn't really thought about the limited space interacting with the
no-moving-through-own-team-rule. Good point.

BP
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