Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:43:58 02/01/01
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On February 01, 2001 at 15:26:43, David Rasmussen wrote: >On February 01, 2001 at 10:37:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>You can look at my code named "GenerateCheckEvasions()" but the idea is >>this (simplified and maybe wrong): >> >>1. If I am checked by a single piece, capture it. >> >>2. If I am checked by a single sliding piece, interpose. >> >>3. If I am checked by either 1 or two pieces, move the king out of the check. >> >>for 3, you might think that I have to check for legality after generating a >>king move, but it isn't needed. If the checking piece is a slider, I have to >>move in any direction but +/- the checking direction. Bitmaps handle all of >>this easily, so that I can produce moves that I _know_ are legal. > >OK, I am aware of the idea of a CheckEvasions() function. I just didn't see >anybody talking about checking moves only. I assumed you meant you were able to >generate _all_ moves legally, somehow. No, sorry. Although it is probably possible to do so by bitboard tricks dealing with diagonals/ranks/files passing through the king's square..
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