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Subject: Re: No Castling - No FRC

Author: Slobodan R. Stojanovic

Date: 14:27:00 06/21/03

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On June 21, 2003 at 17:18:24, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 21, 2003 at 17:02:39, Slobodan R. Stojanovic wrote:
>
>>On June 21, 2003 at 14:37:04, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On June 21, 2003 at 14:32:15, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 21, 2003 at 14:21:42, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>an FRC champion without knowledge about FRC rules :-))
>>>>I don't understand your posting.
>>>
>>>There was a world champion in computerchess that did not know about
>>>underpromotions.
>>>
>>>By the same logic it is possible to have a world champion in FRC that does not
>>>know the FRC rules.
>>>
>>>It only needs to be able to play by the rules and beat the opponents.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>Uri,
>>
>>Don´t try to make us fool. We, who are interested in FRC, know that you don´t
>>like FRC. You have repeted this in many ocasions. And when I explained to a
>>Winboard Forum member why you are against FRC, they censored my messages, and
>>finaly they expulsed my for ever from the Forum.
>>
>>You and your friends are not interested in FRC. So, why are you starting
>>disscussion about subjects you are not interested in?
>>
>>To add some confusion and try to reduce FRC to shuffle chess? Because that way
>>the name "Fischer Random Chess" will be deleted.
>
>I am not interested in implementing FRC rules in my program but it does not mean
>that I try to reduce FRC to shuffle chess.
>
>>
>>All real fans of FRC shouldn´t allow the realisation of this plan.
>
>I did not plan to cal FRC in a different name or to call shuffle chess FRC.
>
>>
>>You and your friends can organize competitions in shuffle chess. It´s your right
>>and your freedom. But if you want to participate in FRC competitions, you´ll
>>have to change your engines the way they can make castling moves, considering
>>all FRC castling rules.
>>
>>SL.
>
>I see no reason that programmers have to do it.
>All the moves of shuffle chess are legal in FRC so they practically can play
>without knowing the rules about castling.
>
>They are going to be weaker because of that fact but it does not prevent them to
>play if the interface support it.
>
>Uri


One change, however, is compulsory: those engines must recognize FRC castlings
of their opponents.

SL.



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