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Subject: Re: Evaluating Pinned Pieces

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 16:35:31 05/19/04

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On May 19, 2004 at 19:15:07, Andrew Wagner wrote:

>>
>>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.

That's what I was trying to convey, thanks.

--tom



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