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Re: GNUchess rating and Xboard interface

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From: Tim Mann
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 23:32
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> Here's a bug I just ran across in xboard 2.1 PL 9.  When using
> "Force Moves" I can't get Black to castle kingside.  Says its an
> illegal move. 

Sigh.  This is a bug in gnuchess 4.0 that will be fixed in pl62.  It
is not a bug in xboard.  I posted a patch to pl61 from Mike McGann on
gnu.chess a week or two ago.

I wonder why everyone blames this bug on xboard.

	--Tim
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Subject: Re: GNUchess rating and Xboard interface
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