Author: martin fierz
Date: 08:23:11 02/24/04
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On February 24, 2004 at 11:16:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 24, 2004 at 10:48:47, martin fierz wrote: > >>On February 23, 2004 at 13:29:08, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On February 23, 2004 at 10:02:37, Russell Reagan wrote: >>> >>>>On February 23, 2004 at 07:02:59, martin fierz wrote: >>>> >>>>>aloha, >>>>> >>>>>i have a question about pins. pins are a rather important feature in chess; some >>>>>of them are not so bad, some are deadly. i just happened to chat briefly with >>>>>anthony cozzie on ICC, and he said he didn't do any pin detection. i detect >>>>>pins, but i don't evaluate whether a pin is not so bad or deadly. my questions >>>>>are: >>>>>-> are you detecting pins in your program? >>>>>-> if yes, do you try to distinguish between different pins? >>>>> >>>>>cheers >>>>> martin >>>> >>>>I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but something I have thought of in >>>>the past is that a move that pseudo-attacks the king is probably worth >>>>considering. The move might be a pin, but it can also be a skewer. Even if it is >>>>not a direct tactic (say, there are two or three pieces in front of the king), >>>>it might setup a tactic eventually. The nice thing about this is that with an >>>>0x88-like board where you have unique square relationships, this can be done by >>>>a single table lookup. >>> >>>If you have no idea, why the hell are you replying? >> >>hey vincent! >> >>i asked a simple question (in fact two), and russell replied to it. so he's >>never tried his idea - what's the problem? i'm glad that people reply to >>technical questions, whatever they say. good ideas, bad ideas, as long as they >>have *some* ideas... it would be really bad if nobody replied, or if everybody >>replied with posts like your last one :-( >>of course i'm also glad that you replied to my original question, just wondering >>why on earth you made that last post? >> >>cheers >> martin > > >The answer to the _last_ question above is intuitively obvious to the casual >observer. Hint" "slang name for donkey". > >:) hi bob, don't get this wrong, i greatly respect your contributions to this forum. but then again, i could ask you the same question as vincent: why on earth did you make this last post? ;-) cheers martin
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