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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