Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 07:20:44 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 04:21:35, Peter Berger wrote: >On April 06, 2004 at 03:59:25, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On April 06, 2004 at 03:43:55, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On April 06, 2004 at 03:11:28, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>On April 05, 2004 at 23:13:55, Bob Durrett wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I have been trying to enter moves into Fritz 8 using the keyboard [so I can play >>>>>myself a blindfold game] but cannot figure out how to make the beast capture >>>>>White's bishop on c6 with Black's queen pawn in the Ruy Lopez Exchange >>>>>Variation. Every time I enter "d" Black's king's bishop leaps to d6. The Fritz >>>>>online help does not help at all. >>>>> >>>>>If anybody knows the "trick" I would be very appreciative if you would tell me >>>>>what it is. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 [and not 4...Bd6]. >>>>> >>>>>Bob D. >>>> >>>>That's cute, and I am afraid probably no one will be able to help - it looks >>>>very much like a bug. >>>> >>>>The Fritz GUI is smart and in case only one move is possible to a line pressing >>>>the first letter is enough -> Bd6 . I guess whoever wrote this function just >>>>forgot about the pawn's ability to leave its own line even when pinned. >>>> >>>>Peter >>> >>>I tried big D but it did not help >>> >>>D7 is translated to Qe7 >>> >>>I do not think that the pin is the problem because the gui cannot know that >>>black does not plan to move the queen that is also at the D file. >>> >>>Bd6 is the only move to the d file but It is clearly not logical to play to the >>>d file only because the user started with d. >>> >>>Uri >> >>The pin is clearly relevant. >> >>r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1N5/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1 >> >>If you type "d" in this position the Fritz GUI knows that it can't just move the >>bishop to d6, as the pawn isn't pinned by the knight. >> >>And if you type dxc it also knows that it should take the pawn on c6 with its >>d-pawn. >> >>You found another potential bug here actually - if you type d7 (upper or lower >>case doesn't matter) it will move its queen to e7 - clearly there is a natural >>conflict with its support for both its own very short and the long notation form >>here, which makes me guess that entering moves by keyboard is just an ancient >>feature, that isn't really supported anymore. >> >>Peter > >Just for fun: > >[D]r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1NB4/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1 > >type d here -> nothing happens >dxc ->takes the knight >d7 -> moves queen to e7 > >[D]r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1B5/3Rp3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/2BQK2R b Kkq - 0 1 > >d -> Bd6 > > >[D]r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1BR4/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/2BQK2R b Kkq - 0 1 > >d -> nothing happens! "nothing happens" is logical here since there are two moves satisfying "d" so the computer needs additional information to determine which move is intended. Bob D. >d7 -> Qe7
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