Make Hoplite moves irreversible in Spartan Chess

Consider Lance moves in variant Fairy (where the Lance represents the
Spartan Hoplite Pawn) as Pawn moves, so they reset the 50-move counter.

diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index 6913020..361fb86 100644 (file)
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -8419,6 +8419,9 @@ ApplyMove(fromX, fromY, toX, toY, promoChar, board)
   } else {
       int i;
 
+      if( board[fromY][fromX] == WhiteLance || board[fromY][fromX] == BlackLance ) {
+           if( gameInfo.variant == VariantFairy ) board[EP_STATUS] = EP_PAWN_MOVE; // Lance in fairy is Pawn-like
+      } else
       if( board[fromY][fromX] == WhitePawn ) {
            if(fromY != toY) // [HGM] Xiangqi sideway Pawn moves should not count as 50-move breakers
               board[EP_STATUS] = EP_PAWN_MOVE;