Author: Art Basham
Date: 09:56:36 08/04/02
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Greetings...! I also have Sargon4 ...and always had fun playing against it... At least it never played any "illegal moves" for me...:-) art ============== On August 03, 2002 at 19:23:53, Jonathan Lee wrote: >White: Jonathan >Black: Sargon 4 >1 E2-E4 E7-E5 >2 G1-F3 F7-F5 >3 F1-C4 F5xE4 >4 C4-F7ch E8xF7 >5 F3-E5ch F7-F6 >6 O-O F6xe5 >7 D2-D4ch (D7-D3 illegal move) > >Apparently, Sargon 4 does not understand check and en passant at the same time >with black pieces. >I tried this vice-versa (meaning I am black & the comp. is white), but the moves >were legal. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Here is something I didn't expect. >White: Jonathan >Black: Sargon 4 >1 G1-F3 G8-F6 >2 F3-G1 F6-G8 (the score is zero with this move; all other moves give a >negative score) > >Any move except retreating the knight to its original square is acceptable. >The game is a draw by 3 move repitition. How ridiculous. >When Sargon 4 is white, this doesn't happen. > >I don't recommend Sargon 4, just like Excalibur hand held buttons & Fidelity >Challenger 7. >Jonathan
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