Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 06:06:24 10/22/02
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On October 22, 2002 at 02:50:44, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 17:05:19, Rick Terry wrote: > >>does tiger 15? > >I think that the rules of fisher random that I read in Arena are not logical. > >It is not a generalization of the normal chess rules and I saw no rule that >there should be nothing between the king and the rook to allow castling. > >A logical generlization of the castling rules should say that the king go to >distance one square from the rook and the rook goes to the second side but >surprisingly it is not the rule that I read in arena. How do you apply your rule for O-O when the K starts on b1 and the Rs are on a1 and c1? > >I see no reason for programmers to program a strange rule that is even not a >generalization of the normal castling rules. I believe the normal rule for fischer random is to put the K on g1 and R on f1 for O-O or put the K on c1 and the rook on d1 for O-O-O. The transit squares must be unoccupied for both K & R. The King cannot be under attack on either its begining, destination or transit squares. What could be simpler or more logical? What does Arena say the rule is? > >I know nobody who play fisher random but it is logical to guess that if people >play it they play it by logical generalization of castling and not by some >strange rules that I read in arena. > >Uri
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