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Subject: Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857, Att. Dr. Hyatt

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 21:27:53 03/06/02

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On March 06, 2002 at 23:48:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On March 06, 2002 at 21:29:05, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On March 06, 2002 at 20:53:25, Jason Williamson wrote:
>>
>>>Just a little point...this is the Computer Chess Club, not a general chess
>>>forum...hence if you don't put the correct fen string in, then its difficult to
>>>use the position with computers.
>>>
>>>JW
>>
>>Sounds lazy to me:o)
>>
>>I've been told the FEN was wrong and ok. So that doesn't help much!
>>
>>If the FEN is not ok repost my diagram with the correct FEN!
>>
>>Anyways the "Beauty" of this problem has been lost in all this quibbling:(
>>
>>Terry
>
>
>The problem is there is _no_ "correct FEN" for a position with a partially-
>completed move.  FEN does not allow nor consider such a thing, for good
>reason.  How would you indicate what piece is "off the board and 'en route'"??

That's not the point! But to you that is all there is to it, and that's that.
It's a brilliant problem, that's the point!

Terry



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