Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 04:47:35 06/16/05
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On June 15, 2005 at 15:45:48, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 15, 2005 at 15:26:17, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >[snip] >>Does this look right: >> >>int CanWin() { >> int can_win = 0; >> if (w_pawns || w_queens || w_rooks || >> ((w_bishops + w_knights) > 1)) can_win |= 1; >> if (b_pawns || b_queens || b_rooks || >> ((b_bishops + b_knights) > 1)) can_win |= 2; >> return can_win; >>} > >It might return a false positive (e.g. two same square-color bishops) but that >should not be a problem. A false negative (e.g. two knights for one side >actually can win) is far worse. One slight problem here: [D]k7/8/NKnQ4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - mate in 2: Qb8+ Nxb8 Nc7# (well, accidentally Qf8 is also M2 ). -Andrew-
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