Who is better (a lot of pawns)

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Codesquid
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Re: Who is better (a lot of pawns)

Post by Codesquid »

Vinvin wrote:A lot of engines crash when analyzing.
[d]4k3/pppppppp/pppppppp/pppppppp/pppppppp/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQ - 0 30
Indeed. Octochess crashed a couple dozen moves into the game, thinking it was playing a pawnless endgame...

Fix is trivial, 6 bits per piece in the material index will do the trick :)

Update: White wins in self-play.
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