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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