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Subject: Re: Does your program resign here? (or better: is it evaluated correctly?)

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 10:59:35 01/11/03

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On January 11, 2003 at 13:41:58, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

>On January 11, 2003 at 11:32:25, Rafael Andrist wrote:
>
>>blocked (completely): after removing all pieces, the number legal moves of the
>>remaing paws is zero.
>
>This is far too easy. If there are only 2 or 4 pawns on the board, I wouldn't
>call that a blocked position.

The cheapest check is if the opposite king can capture a pawn, if yes, no more
tests have to be done and it does not cost much more.

regards
Rafael B. Andrist



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