Why not try to implement my idea given here
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtop ... 97&t=42677. That would lead you to search a much smaller tree hopefully
Good luck!
Kind regards
Pio
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No way. They are like that against a bare King, which on average attacks 6.6 squares. A Rook covers 14 squares, which is more than 20% of the board in addition. Chances that the Bishop is protected are only ~10%. So there is something like a 30% chance on a hanging Bishop, and a 33% chance on a hanging King, You might not count the latter as part of the total, but that would reduce the total by so much that 45% of it would ow have a hanging Bishop.Evert wrote:Well, positions where a piece outright hangs are about 10%, off the top of my head (I can check to make sure).