Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:53:46 06/15/05
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On June 15, 2005 at 10:49:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 14, 2005 at 11:39:54, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>Thanks Uri >> >>Looks like this could be some trouble to detect. What do you do to check >>insufficient material, any good suggestions? > >1. No pawns left >2. No pieces larger than knight or bishop left >3. Maximum of 1 knight for either side >4. If more than one bishop for any side, they must be the same color > >Then we have a draw. A simple and correct test is: 1. Are there any pawns left? If not, then: 2. Does anyone have more than 3 points? If not, then drawn. Otherwise, unknown if drawn or not. This overlooks some obvious cases, but it is really easy to test for it and is a lot better than nothing. It also does not report false draws, which is a terrible bug.
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