GNU Ches 3.1+ loses board?

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From: Randy Ray
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 21:08

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While playing on level 1 (I am quite a novice player), I got down to a
potentially hairy endgame. Or would have been, except gnuchess seemed to
have gotten confused. The board after move 62 was:

  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
8 |    |    |    |    |    |  R |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
7 |    |    |  P |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
6 |    |  K |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
5 | *P |    |    |    |    |    | *P | *P |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
4 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
3 |    |    |    |    |    | *P | *K |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
2 |    |    | *R |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
1 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
    a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

At this point, I tried to advance the pawn on c7. But gnuchess would not allow
me to. I tried "c8" "c7c8" and "Pc8" all to no result. If I typed "hint"
it would suggest c7c8 ! Noting that I could move other pieces, I tried a
differen line, but after 4 moves found myself NEEDING to push that pawn,
and still unable. "hint" still returned c7c8. Most frustrating. I could have
played to a draw, an accomplishment for a novice like myself.

Randy
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Subject: GNU Ches 3.1+ loses board?
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