Author: David Blackman
Date: 00:46:18 06/22/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 13:53:48, James Robertson wrote: >My program does check, recapture, and pawn push extensions, but I have heard >that many programs do a lot more. I think Gromit said he does something like 10 >different extensions? > >Could someone please tell me what different kinds of extensions are sometimes >used? It would be cool to try them out on my program. > >James Apart from the ones mentioned by other people, i used to have an extension for capturing a pawn that is part of the king's pawn cover. Also an extension for a pawn moving to attack a piece. Both of these helped on tactical problem sets. I'm not sure if they helped or not in actual play. I've since taken them both out, but may try them again later.
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