Author: Will Singleton
Date: 13:54:50 12/11/01
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On December 11, 2001 at 14:13:10, Andrew Dados wrote: >On December 11, 2001 at 10:59:55, Will Singleton wrote: > >>[D]4k2r/1nrqbppp/p3b3/1pppP1NQ/8/1NP1B2P/PP3PP1/R4RK1 w k - 0 1 >> >>Most programs don't immediately see that Nxh7 puts the knight in a bad spot. >>Can this problem be addressed by root analysis? >> >>(Beowulf might be doing something like that, since it never considers Nxh7.) >> >>Will > >consider this: > >[D]8/6pN/5p2/8/8/8/8/8 w - - > >The only square N can escape through is c8... >So you may treat N on a/h 7th rank as vulnerable as bishop and just set your >squaretable value for N to - 1 pawn there (or more). If search can see N will >leave h7 safely - you are pawn up; if it stays there - it is probably in >trouble. > >-Andrew- I do something similar for B & N, but only for the root move. Perhaps your method is simpler and better. Will
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