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It seems like the alternating of irreversible moves makes the 5870 shorter than it could be. The pattern of (49.5 + b) + (49 + w) + (49.5 + w) + (49 + b) + … co
by ramshorns 9y ago
It seems like the alternating of irreversible moves makes the 5870 shorter than it could be. The pattern of (49.5 + b) + (49 + w) + (49.5 + w) + (49 + b) + … could be replaced with several moves in a row by black, then several in a row by white, allowing some of the 49s to be 49.5 instead. Is that where the discrepancy comes from?
- tromp 9y agoYes, that would explain most if not all of the 56-ply discrepancy. In the game on my page you can indeed see black making irreversible moves on move 50,100,150, ... 450 and white's first irreversible moves comes only at move 500.