🚀 go-pugleaf

"Dan Oetting" <dan_oetting@uswest.net> wrote in message
news:dan_oetting-120FDE.09445801112000@news.dnvr.uswest.net...
> In article <19ML5.115383$JS3.17959784@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com>, "Stephen C
> Morgana" <nospam@nospam.nohow> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've encountered a bug in GNU Chess 5.0 on a Sun Sparc Solaris platform
> >...
> > The problem occurred on move 9 ... Nc6xb5  where it explicitly moved a
> > knight diagonally to capture.  I did not notice the problem (was making
> > moves in between editing/compiling stuff) until move 12 ... b8c6
produced
> > no
> > visible difference in the board (since b8 was an empty square).
>
> In the rules of chess, you must challange the illegal move before your
> play otherwise the move stands. An exception is if an inconcistancy is
> discovered that prevents further play like a king is missing. It does
> sound like there is a bug in xboard that doesn't handle the situation.
>
> GNU Chess should be carefull where it uses this tactic since there is
> usually a severe time penalty when it is caught.
>

Cute, but then I guess I should change the subject line to: GNU Chess
Cheats!

BTW, I still have the errant xboard and gnuchess processes running.  Is
there anything I can do to get more info on this problem, or should I just
let it go?