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Subject: Re: Are there chess databases for games with illegal (nonstandard) moves

Author: Roland Pfister

Date: 23:39:53 01/14/98

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On January 14, 1998 at 17:49:13, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On January 14, 1998 at 09:43:33, Alfred Pfeiffer wrote:
>
>>For collecting games with illegal moves and games of nonstandard
>>chess variants I am looking for a tool which not refuses the input
>
>That reminds me the (25 min/game) game played some years ago by Kasparov
>and an other GM, where Kasparov have castled after moving his rook :)
>I think this game isn't in many database :)))

ChessBase seems to accept illegal castling. In a recent database of
computer games of the ninties there was a game, where black had moved
its king earlier and then tried to castle to avoid getting mated.

CDB said illegal move when I imported that game.
ChessBase Light had no problems with the move.

>
>>of such games and positions.  Does someone know if there is a such
>>program?
>>
>>PM may be send to apf@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Alfred Pfeiffer



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