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Subject: Re: Rebel 12 misses a mate in one?

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 16:30:27 07/25/03

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On July 25, 2003 at 19:00:37, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 25, 2003 at 18:53:38, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On July 25, 2003 at 18:14:25, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>On July 25, 2003 at 17:50:21, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>
>>>>This afternoon my account on the chessbase server played a game against Rebel
>>>>12.  To my astonishment Rebel missed a mate in one, and got mated right away.
>>>>Any thoughts on this, Ed?
>>>
>>>Yes, I have.
>>>
>>>Rebel claims a draw (50 moves rule) after 151.Bd3 which is ignored by the
>>>interface.
>>>
>>>Since blacks last pawn move is at move 101 is black allowed to make its 151th
>>>move? It's no capture, neither a pawn move.
>>>
>>>If so I have a bug in Rebel of over 20 years :)
>>>
>>>101. Bc2 d4
>>>102. Bd3 Kg7
>>>
>>>151. Bd3 Qg1#
>>>
>>>So what's the verdict?
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>Bug!
>>
>>You can only make draw claims when it is your turn.  White cannot make a valid
>>draw claim based on the fifty-move rule after playing 151. Bd3.  After Black
>>plays 151...Qg1# the game ends immediately due to checkmate.  White never gets
>>another turn, so he has no chance to claim that the position is drawn by the
>>fifty-move rule.
>>
>>Dave
>
>Agreed. And would you believe that we had a similar bug to this in Chessmaster
>for many years? :-)
>
There is no bug in Chessmaster9000 GUI. After the move Qg1 Chessmaster
announces checkmate for black. But The King has the problem, as before Qg1
has a score of 0.00 in it's best move, although it's best move is Qg1# mate!
Intead all 3 Rebel 12,Rebel Century 4/3 even Rebel Decade 1.2 announce
a draw due to 50 move rule.



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