Wednesday, October 14, 2026

[hxfdvhup] chess grand tour

compose an initial chess position and sequence of moves which do not repeat positions (position includes player to move).  how long of such a sequence can be constructed?  it will be some huge number of moves, but finite because there are only a finite number of chess positions so positions must eventually repeat.

or, avoid repeating any position 3 times.

I think the task is more interesting (and simpler) permitting illegal positions (king left in check, or a player has zero, or more than one, king).

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