Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 21:14:49 09/18/03
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On September 18, 2003 at 21:04:19, Edward Seid wrote: >Derived from Uri's game, and modified for the new rule #2. > >[D]4k3/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/4K3 w - - 0 1 Hi Ed, This has been an interesting thread to read. I think if you are going to include kings, you should not have a rule about who reaches the last rank first (or the 2nd/7th rank). The reason that reaching the 2nd/7th rank first was meaningful is because when there were only pawns, then the 2nd/7th ranks were as good as the 1st/8th, because no pawn could ever block another from "promoting". If you have kings, I think it would make more sense to just see which side wins, just like normal chess. This way, you can actually play your program against other programs, and that is a huge part of the fun of computer chess programming! Of course, if you allow promotion then you will have to include all of the pieces in your move generation function, and you will basically end up writing a full chess engine (but that's not so bad is it? you'll probably want to eventually anyway). Anyway, good luck with your first chess playing program!
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