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Subject: Re: Endgame Trap

Author: J. Wesley Cleveland

Date: 10:06:52 07/17/02

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On July 16, 2002 at 15:03:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>From a game Sjeng-Hiarcs
>
>[D]8/8/6b1/1k6/p2K4/P7/1P6/8 b - - 0 71
>
>My engine statically says this is a draw (bishop + wrong pawn).
>
>In reality, black mates in 23 or less.
>
>Makes my search go bonkers (and for some other programs as well)
>

One solution is to not evaluate it as a draw if the other side has a pawn on an
adjacent file that could be captured.



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