Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:15:56 11/13/02
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On November 12, 2002 at 16:32:10, Dan Andersson wrote: >Actually it's not ambigous. The rook should always be behind the pawn regardless >of colour. You could actually have a single rook do both at the same time. >[D]8/8/7p/P6r/R6P/p7/8/8 b - - 0 1 >Good rook, bad rook :) > >MvH Dan Andersson Right. but except for such odd cases, the rook belongs behind the pawn that it is best behind. :) it might be my pawn, or my opponent's pawn. Usually it is a choice and often the choice is a critical one. And just as often, the programs choose the _wrong_ pawn. And then there are the truly stupid programs that think "if one rook behind the pawn is good, then two is better." :)
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