Author: Paul Clarke
Date: 11:52:26 08/23/04
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On August 23, 2004 at 10:14:54, Stuart Cracraft wrote: >On August 21, 2004 at 23:12:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>That part is simple. Produce a list of pieces directly attacking the target. >>Each time you make a capture you _always_ use the smallest piece. And once you >>use it, if it is not a knight or king, you look "behind" the piece you just used >>to see if there is a piece that moves in the same direction. If so, add _that_ >>piece to the list of attackers, and the next cycle you still use the smallest >>piece from that list... >> >> >>Repeat until one side runs out of capturng pieces... >> >>Then minimax the result... > >Bob, I understand why one doesn't do it for the knight, but why not the king? >Example, a bishop and king on a diagonal. King captures pawn, some other >recapture, then the knight before the king recaptures the recapturer. > >I thik you have to look "behind" everything except the knight for x-ray >pieces, no? I'm not Bob, but I think I see his reasoning here: the piece behind the king could only come into play if the king is captured, after which there's no point in recapturing.
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