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Subject: Re: Slight correction

Author: Ron Murawski

Date: 16:01:04 11/04/01

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On November 04, 2001 at 18:44:12, Colin Frayn wrote:

>On November 03, 2001 at 12:30:09, Ron Murawski wrote:
>
>>For queening pawns: If both pawns are unobstructed and do not pass through any
>>enemy-controlled squares and neither pawn gives check as it queens and if the
>>first pawn can't capture the 2nd pawn, then, from the point of view of advancing
>>pawns, this position is even.
>
>Heh Ron, I already have all of those things in.  Well, except for checking the
>squares to promotion for attacks.  That might be an idea...  However, if the
>pawn is a long way from promotion then the board could well change a lot before
>it reached the 8th Rank, so I think it's better to check for potential threats,
>rather than existing ones.
>
>Col

Colin,

I thought you were asking for a static evaluation of the position. So you can
only answer: Do I win the pawn race? Is the king in the square of the passed
pawn? etc.

There's just no way to check for potential threats using a static evaluator that
I know of. For that you need some look-ahead.

Best regards,
Ron




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