[Retros] Retractor 2.1 released
Theodore Hwa
hwatheod at cs.stanford.edu
Wed Apr 28 00:36:33 EDT 2021
Hi all,
Retractor 2.1 has been released, at the same location:
http://xenon.stanford.edu/~hwatheod/retractor2/retractor.html
Improvements made:
1. Retractor can now detect an illegally placed king behind enemy pawns.
For example: L. Ceriani, 3bkN1K/pppprp1p/4p1p1/8/8/8/8/8, Last move?
Because Retractor can now detect that retracting g7-g6 leaves the white
king illegally placed, all moves except the correct answer can be
eliminated.
2. Retractor can detect promoted rooks outside of a cage. For example: H.
Cross, Q1n1Kb2/B1kppppp/1prp4/2p5/8/8/8/8, Last move?
Retractor can now find the correct answer by detecting that b7xRa8=Q is
impossible, as one of the black rooks would have to be promoted due to the
cage in the northeast corner.
Among the "Last Move" test problems, Retractor 2.1 solves 12 additional
problems compared to Retractor 2.0.
Enjoy!
Ted
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