Author: Benny Antonsson
Date: 06:14:01 01/03/02
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On January 02, 2002 at 23:11:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 02, 2002 at 16:38:39, Benny Antonsson wrote: > >>I read the "rule" that Uri Blass stated and Christophe Theron uses in his >>program (Diskussion from oct 2001). Is this something you use in Crafty ? > > >Not particularly. I've had B+wrong rook pawn since the 1970's... I simply >let the search handle the special cases and only care that the defending side >can reach the queening square before the pawn or the enemy king can assist >it... But then you must take the bishop in consideration because in this position: [D] 8/4k3/8/7P/4B3/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1 The black king reaches the queening square before the pawn or the enemy king, but black is still loosing. Is this what you call a special case ?
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