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in thread [OT] Is It Possible To Serialize A Chess Board In Fewer Than 23 Bytes?

IIRC you have also to encode if a match stops because of resignation or a draw or a stalemate...

As previously mentioned, if an end state is desired, a special value for the leading bitmap could be used.

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