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Subject: Re: These are not PSTs

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 09:08:42 09/23/04

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On September 23, 2004 at 10:14:54, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 23, 2004 at 10:11:12, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Dann,
>>
>>No they are not.  By the looks of them they are the number of sqaures a
>>particular piece can move to i.e. the theoretical maximum number of moves from a
>>given square
>
>Close.  They are the number of squares under attack (on an empty board) when a
>piece moves to that square.  The nuance is apparent when you look at the pawn
>table.

I would prefer it the other way. The promotion square is dependent of what piece
you promote to. The queen value is in the queen table. Why would I want to put
that in the pawn table? I can't see what to use it for when I can look it up
anyway, knowing the exact promotion piece.
/Peter



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