Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 11:53:29 01/29/02
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On January 29, 2002 at 12:26:09, James Swafford wrote: >On January 29, 2002 at 09:55:47, Gerd Isenberg wrote: > >>>Depends on how "passed" is defined. My first implementation yesterday >>>extended on any pawn move to the 6th or 7th that wasn't blocked on >>>the same file by a pawn of the opposite color. >> >>I think the definition of passed pawn is unique. A passed pawn or passer is a >>pawn with no enemy pawns on the same or adjacent files in front of it! Only >>Pieces or the King can stop it, but no pawn. >> >>Gerd > >So.... if I had a white pawn on a5 and a white pawn on c5, and >the only black pawn on the board was on b7, then neither white >pawn is 'passed'? > >-- >James No not yet but they can become passed pawns. the term is posible passed pawns. Not to see as in every pawn can become a passed pawn,hehe. An other question has any one ever tried to keep the position of the oponents king by givving a pawn valeu? This can be bad trough the game, or not but it is handy for evalueting if it is good to change to the endgame. Regards Marc van Hal
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