Author: Steffen Jakob
Date: 23:06:01 10/27/99
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Hi Roger!
On October 27, 1999 at 18:50:22, Roger D Davis wrote:
>Having watched a number of amateur engines play on ICC, I think that the color
>of the square on which the pawn promotes and the color of the opponent's bishops
>should also be considered. That is, if the square on which the pawn promotes is
>white, and the opponent has a single white-square bishop, your passer can more
>easily be blocked, or captured the move after it promotes. Becomes very
>frustrating, since Bishops have much mobility in an open endgame.
>
>I don't know if anyone is doing this, but it seems relevant.
From the Hossa-code:
if(bishops_b & squares_of_color(promote_square_color[sq]))
{
bonus_w -= ANTI_PROMOTION_BISHOP;
}
:-)
Greetings,
Steffen.
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