Re: little bug?

[Simon Waters]

ccos wrote:
> 
> i was just playing a game using the apple front end,
> and my willy opponent managed saving it's skin
> (silicone as it may be) by making a quite illegal move.
> 
> it had moved it's rook from it's original position and then moved it
> back (h8-f8, f8-h8), which the rules of chess specify as a foregoing of
> the right
> to castling with that rook. so it took me by surprise when it did just
> that.
> 
> anyway, i tried pulling some other illegal moves on it without much luck.
> i think it's one of these players who likes to make up their own rules
> as they go along :)

I'm fairly sure the program has a good grasp of castling rules
in version 5, can you easily see the conversation between the
interface and the engine on Apples? As it is possible the
interface isn't passing the full castling information, or it was
misread for some reason.

Do you know what version of GNU Chess Apple are distributing?
Current is 5.05.

Do you have the game score?

 Thanks for reporting it, but I need more detail to investigate
it.

 Simon, keen to know more about Apples offering.