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Subject: Re: Value of King in SEE

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 10:20:20 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 10:03:41, David Rasmussen wrote:

>In SEE, the king should of course be the last to capture, as no piece can
>capture the king. But the king should also have some large value to indicate a
>winning capture for the opposing side. In a position such as this:
>
>[D]2rqkb1r/p1pnpppp/3p3n/3B4/2BPP3/1QP5/PP3PPP/RN2K1NR w KQk - 0 1

I would stop the capture sequence before involving the king in this case. If you
only have a king to (re-)capture and there are still other pieces "pointing" to
the to-square, stop the capture sequence.

regards
Rafael B. Andrist

• Re: Value of King in SEE David Rasmussen 10:31:47 01/07/02
  • Re: Value of King in SEE Robert Hyatt 11:56:31 01/07/02
    • Re: Value of King in SEE David Rasmussen 12:10:44 01/07/02

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