Author: Steffen Jakob
Date: 02:55:03 08/23/99
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On August 20, 1999 at 22:59:51, Peter McKenzie wrote: >You can optimise this alot by taking into account the previous move. For >example, if the previous move wasn't a knight move (or a promotion) then clearly >you can't be in check by a knight so you don't need to scan for knight checks. Don't forget underpromotions to knights! :-) >For linear pieces you basically only need to scan in the direction of the from >and to squares of the last moved piece. Greetings, Steffen.
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