Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:16:26 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 09:19:04, Uri Blass wrote: >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. But if the king has already moved from e1 to c1, then perhaps we are actually at more than half a move? James > >Uri
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