From 71bf9f606433e6efb0910ea58f5b29172641c270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arun Persaud Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:10:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add description of perpetual-chasing change to 4.6.0 news --- whats_new/4.6.0/index.html | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/whats_new/4.6.0/index.html b/whats_new/4.6.0/index.html index 6cdf3df..ab129c9 100644 --- a/whats_new/4.6.0/index.html +++ b/whats_new/4.6.0/index.html @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Replacing a tourney participant
  • Playing openings in color-reversed pairs +
  • +Perpetual chasing in Xiangqi
  • Interface Improvements

    @@ -612,6 +614,17 @@ this means you can now limit the annotation to any selected part of the game, starting where it gets interesting.

    +

    Another interpretation of Asia rules

    +

    +For perpetual-chase detection in Xiangqi XBoard had been relying on the legal-moves-only interpretation of Asia rules, +where attacks or protectors are considered not to exist when you are in check, +because you cannot legally capture or recapture in that case. +It turns out this interpretation is not the one most commonly used. +So we have switched to an interpretation where one does consider captures that leave the King in an already existing check, +or recaptures that leave the King in a check that already existed before the capture +(provided these are the only checks it is left in). +

    + -- 1.7.0.4