Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!bu-cs!purdue!gatech!ncar!tank!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!s.cs.uiuc.edu!scott From: scott@s.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: Re: gnuchess bad movement Message-ID: <231300001@s.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 18:56:00 GMT References: <27401@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU:27401:s.cs.uiuc.edu:231300001:000:394 Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!scott Sep 26 13:56:00 1989 >[report of an illegal move by gnuchess] That's because the new move generator in gnuchess 1.53 is buggy. It's faster than the old one, but it doesn't understand that a blocked pawn can't move two squares. It also doesn't know about en passant captures. I'm told the author has been notified. I suggest sticking to the previous release for now, gnuchess 1.52. Jay Scott scott@cs.uiuc.edu