Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 09:11:55 09/23/04
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On September 23, 2004 at 12:08:42, Peter Fendrich wrote: >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 I think the moment of pawn promotion is special. During the move itself, you have the opportunity to decide what piece to promote to. While the piece is "in flight" it is the most powerful piece on the board, stronger than a queen, since she cannot become a knight if she chooses.
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