Using GnuChess as a Problem Solver

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From: K Maguire
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 17:42

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Hi

I must (may) be thick, but I'm having trouble with my newly installed
gnuchess/xboard.  How do I use gnuchess to solve a problem?  I used xboard
to edit the position, and saved it.  (btw here it is!)

8/4p3/1pQ1P3/2p1P3/1pkB4/p7/P1N1P3/KN3n2 w KQkq - 0 1

So I have the correct position on the board in front of me.  It's a mate
in 2 problem, so what next.  When I choose 'Machine White' from the mode
menu it just makes a wrong move!  How do I force it to solve the problem? 

On a secondary note when I chosse the 2 machines option it always ends 
with one taking the others King!  Is this normal behaviour, or should it 
recognise checkmate when it sees it.  I was a bit unsure when I was 
'building' the programs, maybe I've done something unwise.

Thanx
Kevin

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Kevin Maguire     	Dept Computer Science
Research Fellow		Queen's University of Belfast
email: 			k.maguire@qub.ac.uk
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