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Subject: Re: Chess960 Nullmove castling

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 06:26:55 08/01/05

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On August 01, 2005 at 06:39:43, F. Huber wrote:

>On August 01, 2005 at 06:35:45, Tony Werten wrote:
>
>>On August 01, 2005 at 05:33:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>[D]bbnqnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBNQNRKR w HFhf -
>>>
>>>1. O-O
>>>
>>>Legal or not?
>>
>>No BUT:
>>
>>[D]rbnqnrkb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNQNRKB w HFhf -
>>
>>
>>I saw XiniX play O-O in such a sort position. The only playable nullmove :(
>>
>>Tony
>
>This is not a legal FRC/Chess960 position!

Nope. King not between rooks, bishops not on opposite colors.

>The king has to be BETWEEN his two kings!

That must be a variant I don't know :)

>
>BTW, how is "HFhf" possible, if on h1 there“s a BISHOP???

Simple copy paste without checking.

My point was that when there is such a playable nullmove, score only has to go
down very lightly to see your engine play such horizon moves.

Tony

>
>Franz.



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