Author: Andrew Wagner
Date: 16:15:07 05/19/04
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> >2. If a piece is "absolutely" pinned (a Nimzowitsch term) penalize it. > An absolute pinned piece can't move at all (e.g. a knight pinned to > the king by an enemy bishop would be an absolute pin, whereas > a bishop pinned to the king by a queen would not be since the bishop > could move along the diagonal of the pin). I'm guessing this is a typo, but I thought I'd point it out in case you really have it coded this way. If a bishop is pinned along a rank or file, that would be an absolute pin. Being pinned along the diagonal would not be.
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