OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
For completeness: If a side has two Bishops, those Bishops must be on opposite-colored squares (as in the original board configuration). Four promotion moves (to Knight, Bishop, Rook, or Queen) are available per Pawn per promotion square.
Sequence inspired by the Tim Krabbé link and a posting by Bernhard Sadlowski to rec.games.chess.computer on Oct 30 1996 (giving the H. H. Cross position -- see this a-file -- which supports the a(32) lower bound).
Terms a(13) through a(32) are respectively >= 119, 125, 129, 133, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 144, 144, 144, 143, 142, 139, 128, 117, 105, 99.
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KEYWORD
nonn,fini,more
AUTHOR
Rick L. Shepherd, Jul 24 2016
STATUS
approved