Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:19:04 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 08:26:49, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On March 06, 2002 at 08:06:29, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>On March 06, 2002 at 05:37:14, Andreas Stabel wrote: >> >>>The discussion of castling possibility or not reminds me of a silly >>>similar problem somebody once presented me with: >>> >>>[D]8/8/8/8/1p2p3/1P1kP3/1P3P2/2K3N1 w Q - >>> >>>White to mate in half a move :) >>> >>>Best regards >>>Andreas Stabel >> >>This is easy Rd1 mate! >> >>Jouni > >Ahhhm, your basically right, even most people here would say your wrong, because >the FEN is wrong. :-)) >So let me give the position again with the corrected FEN: >[D]8/8/8/8/1p2p3/1P1kP3/1P3P2/2K3N1 w Q/2 - > >Please notice the Q/2 flag in the position. It obviously means that castling to >the queen side is allowed partially - exactly by a half. >This new feature will be part of the new epd description as soon as S. J. >Edwards has time to give a new request for comment (RFC). >Kind regards >Bernhard unfortunately I do not see a rook at a1 so I have to insist that the FEN is wrong or it is less than half move. half move of long castling is Ra1-d1 if the rook is in the air and not in the board then it should be less than half move. Uri
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