H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Sep 15, 2016 06:36 PM UTC:
- What about Grand chess from where apothecary chess 1&2 take inspiration, wouldn't it have the same pawn problem?
It would, if Fairy-Max would play it. But it doesn't. Mainly for the reason that promotion there is only to captured pieces, and Fairy-Max does not keep track of what is captured. It always uses a fixed promotion piece.
Anyway, I uploaded a fixed version of Fairy-Max.zip, to the same link as before. This allows the double-push even after setting up the position. The lack of a double push could also be the reason that it was reluctant to advance Pawns, as a single push doesn't earn as much bonus as a double push.
- What about Grand chess from where apothecary chess 1&2 take inspiration, wouldn't it have the same pawn problem?
It would, if Fairy-Max would play it. But it doesn't. Mainly for the reason that promotion there is only to captured pieces, and Fairy-Max does not keep track of what is captured. It always uses a fixed promotion piece.
Anyway, I uploaded a fixed version of Fairy-Max.zip, to the same link as before. This allows the double-push even after setting up the position. The lack of a double push could also be the reason that it was reluctant to advance Pawns, as a single push doesn't earn as much bonus as a double push.