Java Chess Programming Video #11 The Pawn (Part II)

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[Tripwick]

"Whoops, wrong tab", ':D

[hitanshshah]

Since a pawn cannot backtrack why make a separate field for checking if it a first move just the fact that it is a white pawn on the 2nd rank or black pawn on the 7th rank should do the job?.. And this is a wonderful series I absolutely love it

[rutgerspaans]

Thank you for this series!

Small detail: line 39 - 41 (@ 7:00) needs extra brackets at the start of line 40 & end of 41, IMHO:

false && false && false || true = true.
I think you want: false && false && (false || true) = false..?

[chikken]

Why isn't it enough to check for isFirstMove of a pawn piece?

[thebutterflyNL]

nobody saw anything about the wrong tab you owned wtf

[blue_Tarkan]

I feel there is a bug in the condition after the || You should rewrite this line of code currentCandidateOffset == 16 because the two-square-forward condition must be executed.

[Tripwick]

Is it necessary to clarify that it must be on a specific row to qualify for the first move "jump" wouldn't the first move rule be sufficient? Then you could use the same "Jump" rule in alternative versions of chess where the pawn might not start on the same rows.

[-phamquangat]

I think if the pawn is in the second or seventh row then it is not moving which means it is the first move, so does it need isFirstMove in, I find it redundant