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Subject: Re: Jeremiah's Wall Detection

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:11:00 04/28/05

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On April 28, 2005 at 15:04:46, Renze Steenhuisen wrote:

>On April 28, 2005 at 12:26:42, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On April 28, 2005 at 04:44:25, Renze Steenhuisen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hi all...
>>>
>>>a few days ago, someone posted a message with a notion about "Jeremiah's Wall
>>>Detection" (in Crafty).
>>>
>>>Can someone explain to me what this is, whether it works, in which cases it
>>>works, where I can find an implementation of it, etc.
>>
>>In WAC.230, the main thing about the position is that you have to use the rook
>>to break the wall.  Otherwise, what will happen is that the defense can form an
>>impenetrable barrier.
>>
>>Look in evaluate.c at the stuff between the #if/#endifs:
>>
>>evaluate.c (     28): #if defined(DETECTDRAW)
>>evaluate.c (     53): #if defined(DETECTDRAW)
>>evaluate.c (   1180): #if defined(DETECTDRAW)
>>evaluate.c (   3728): #if defined(DETECTDRAW)
>
>Thanks!
>
>I didn't hear this name before, but I already have something like it
>implemented..

I believe that Hossa's author has had wall detection for quite some time (IIRC).



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