🚀 go-pugleaf

Recently, while occupying our VAX 11/750 with a brisk game of
BSD 4.2 chess, the following sequence transpired...

17. k/qb1-qn1			I got out of an irritating check
	... b/qr6-qn5		He decided to pin down my knight

18. r/kr1xp/kr7			I placed some tempting bate out
	... k/kn1xr/kr2		He couldn't resist! See comment below

19. r/q1-kr1+			First stage of the trap closes
	... k/kr2-kn1		His only move.  This took only seconds.

8  R * - Q R * K *		\\
7  * P P - * P * -		 \\
6  - * N * P P - *		  \\
5  P - * - * - * -		   \\ After
4  - B b p - * p *		   //  #19
3  * p n - * p * -		  //
2  - * - q - p - *		 //
1  * k * - * - * r		//

   q q q q k k k k
   r n b     b n r

20. q/q2-kr6			Close the trap!  One move to mate.
	... q/q1-q4		No hope in sight for mighty-machine,
				--> However, this desperate move took
				him OVER AN HOUR to complete.  

21. q/kr6-kr8+			Gotcha!
Resign				Seems like he ought to say more.

I am posting this to contact anyone who might have encountered similar
response from the chess in BSD 4.2; especially someone who might fix it!
I know it must be embarrassing for the bits to loose, but to use
over an hour of time to realize that the mate was inevitable is just
poor etiquet; both I and the CPU were abused.  If the author is out
there, you might use this case to expedite a loosing situation.

Also, this game's end is a hint to those who would tangle with this
particular chess program.  He is very long sighted for balanced attacks
but this intelligence is lost when lopsided trades are offered.

-- 
Quite sincerely,		...still waiting for the electrician,
	Dennis Kodimer			or someone like him. 
	
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