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Subject: Re: annoying en passant x-ray

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 14:36:10 11/30/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 17:19:54, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:

>On November 30, 2003 at 17:18:19, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:
>
>[d]8/8/8/8/3R1p1k/8/4P3/6K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Better i hope ..
>
>>
>>white moves pawn, black can not capture en passant. wonderfull, breaks my new
>>move generator.
>>
>>Uri, I think you are the expert on this. Ideas for workarounds ? :-)
>>
>>But the main reason I am posting is: are there any other situations like the
>>above where I can with one move move 2 pieces out of the way of an x-ray attack
>>?

No, only ep.
The conditions to deny ep capture generation are (iirr):

1.) The black pawn was pinned on the 4. rank before the white pawn push occured.
2.) The black pawn is pinned on the file.
3.) The black pawn is pinned on the other diagonal,
    the pawn intends to use for ep-capture.

Gerd



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>>Georg



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