Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 13:15:54 06/28/04
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On June 28, 2004 at 15:19:13, Uri Blass wrote: >Movei can crash if you give it illegal FEN. > >I cannot change movei in a short time to detect every illegal FEN that may make >it crash. > >FEN that may make it to crash is not only FEN when one side has 2 kings or no >king but also FEN when the king is attacked from 3 directions(movei assume that >the king can be attacked from at most 2 directions and if the king is attacked >from 3 directions it may crash). > >I do not think that I can fix all the problems in a short time and I certainly >do not plan to work on fixing the problem before WCCC. > >I also consider to ask Leo to remove public versions of movei from his site >because they can crash if you give them illegal FEN or game that has more than >1000 plies and a virus may use it to attack the computer of people who use >movei. > >Uri I check all the obvious things like 2 kings or no king for a side but I don't check attack from 3 directions. How would this cause movei to crash? In my case, as soon as I see attack from more than 1 direction then I look only at king moves to squares not attacked. Dan H.
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