Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 01:57:41 03/07/02
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On March 07, 2002 at 00:24:32, Terry McCracken wrote: >>I gave it all the thought it deserved. I assume _legal_ positions. I don't >>care for positions with rooks "in transit" or any other such nonsense since >>FEN does _not_ allow for such, and for good reason... >> >So? Why trample on a composition of Beauty? > >Look at the position for what it is. A very clever composition! >> I don't know if I would call it clever, it is more of a chess joke than a chess problem. The idea is to trick the reader into forgetting that castle is possible, with the poor reader spending hours trying to get the mate in 4 reduced to a mate in 3. However, I will now modify my program to check for this and claim illegal fen, don't want to fall for the same trap twice. -.
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