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Article #5959Re: GNU Ches 3.1+ loses board?
From: R.Moats
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1991 13:12
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1991 13:12
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From article <9109102109.AA04040@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by rray@SPECLAB.CR.USGS.GOV (Randy Ray): > 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: (I've edited the board to save space and BW) .....R.. ..P..... .K...... p.....pp ........ .....pk. ..r..... ........ > 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 You ought to try c8q. Gnuchess seems to want to know what you are promoting to. Haven't actually tried to underpromote, though. Ryan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,ad3962a887b34738 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-09-16 08:04:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsh!jayhawk From: jayhawk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (R.Moats) Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: Re: GNU Ches 3.1+ loses board? Message-ID: <1991Sep16.131225.17627@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> Date: 16 Sep 91 13:12:25 GMT References: <9109102109.AA04040@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27