Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:42:13 02/24/04
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On February 24, 2004 at 11:23:11, martin fierz wrote: >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 Simple. I was answering your question. :)
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