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Do you know the definition of "solved"?

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Thursday, 7 April 2011, at 7:59 p.m.

In Response To: Do you know the definition of "solved"? (eXtreme Gammon)

"The number of positions is 18,528,584,051,601,162,496 ( http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+371 ) and that's whitout the cube. "

That value is an upper bound. The technique includes some illegal positions.

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