Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 14:15:07 06/21/03
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On June 21, 2003 at 17:07:59, Russell Reagan wrote: >On June 21, 2003 at 12:56:36, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>It's not possible to play with other GUIs FRC with castling rules. > >But castling rules aren't required to play FRC. In fact, every game of chess is >a game of FRC, is it not? > >>I believe that different persons thinking that all engines supported FRC but >>this is wrong. > >All engines may not *support* FRC castling, but they can play it legally. > >>Chess Engine *__and__* Chess GUI must support FRC rules. > >This is not true. An engine that can play legal chess and supports the Winboard >or UCI protocol may play 100% legal FRC. Only the GUI must support it. The >engine that doesn't understand the FRC castling can still play legal FRC, but it >will be at a disadvantage because it will not play or suspect castling moves. I >bet that Ruffian would still beat any of the three engines that support FRC >castling. If an FRC engine castles, Ruffian will reject the move and lose on time. How often do you think that will happen? Richard.
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