Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) Newsgroups: net.chess Subject: Re: Chess programs cheating at chess. Message-ID: <1276@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 17:05:58 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1276 Posted: Fri Jul 12 17:05:58 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 21:15:16 EDT References: <33@regler.UUCP> <641@umd5.UUCP> Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 20 Keywords: [ bug to KR8 -- Splat! ] Ah, yes ... cheating. The original version of Sargon for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I would cheat, also. Once I had it in check, and it ignored this. The next move, I took its King ... drawing Sargon's attention to the fact that it had lost. It made ANOTHER move, and redrew the board showing my King as being its color, while a King of my color was nowhere to be found. I never got to find out what it would have done when I took the second King, since it crashed a move later. It wasn't my computer, so I never got the chance to play it again and try and duplicate the bug. -- "Grovel, you commoners!" -- Harry Flashman, V.C. Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick