Author: Dieter Buerssner
Date: 11:50:37 01/13/03
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On January 13, 2003 at 10:34:13, Rémi Coulom wrote: >Another little trick for attack detection and 0x88: detection of illegal moves >and checks are special functions in TCB. When a move is played, the position is >assumed to be legal, which gives additional information about the position that >can help to improve attack detection on kings. For instance, if the starting >square of a normal move by a non-King piece is not aligned with the King, then >it is legal. Many of the moves are detected as legal extremely rapidly with this >very simple test. Rémi, I think you missed one precondition to make this work. Namely, the side to move must not be in check. Or did I miss something even more clever? Regards, Dieter
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