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Subject: Re: Passed pawn values--color pawn promotion square vs. opponent bishop

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 10:38:02 10/28/99

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Hi

On October 28, 1999 at 02:06:01, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>Hi Roger!
>
>On October 27, 1999 at 18:50:22, Roger D Davis wrote:

[snip]

>>
>>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;
>}

Um.. I don't see why this is such a good idea. If my bishop attacks a square
before your pawn reaches the 7th row, you also can't promote it.

Kind regards,
 -sargon



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