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Subject: Re: Majestic Chess Pocket PC not ready for prime time ...

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 00:28:13 09/13/03

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On September 12, 2003 at 22:16:12, John Merlino wrote:

>On September 12, 2003 at 20:50:35, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>[d]R5Nk/7p/4pbpP/n1p4n/2p1b3/K1p3pq/8/8 w - - 0 1 bm Rb8 mate-in-6
>>
>>It does find the mate in a reasonable amount of time  - a minute or so.  But
>>when it plays out the moves - it never indicates checkmate - it just lets you
>>keep playing even if you are already mated - kind of strange and casts a doubt
>>on the overall programming integrity.
>
>I was unable to duplicate this problem when having the engine play against
>itself or when making the moves myself.
>
>When you say "when it plays out the moves", what do you mean exactly?
>
>jm

It plays White, I play black, infinite time control.  It mates me, but it does
not end the game, it still allows me to to move the King as if I 'm allowed to
keep playing and its keeps  responsding with moves in turn.



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