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Subject: Re: I never had problems with Chess960 under arena before .............

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 10:02:43 03/05/06

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On March 05, 2006 at 12:32:58, Alessandro Scotti wrote:

>- How's that going?
>- Don't know yet, there's just one little change in the formula...
>- Will kill them all, as usual.
>- Yeah, probably. Those were the last five hamsters by the way.
>- Well it doesn't matter at this point, does it? Even if we can't improve the
>formula, what we've got is enough to make us rich...
>- Ten million dollars rich... can you imagine it?
>- Don't tell me... How long before they're here?
>- A couple of hours, three at most.
>- So.. black or white?
>- Don't you ever have enough? We've been hiding in this goddammed place for
>almost one year with nothing but piles of canned food and this chessboard!
>- Aww same story again... ok, white's yours, I'll take black... go on.
>- Well, let me try something different then... ever heard of the Grob?
>- Not quite, what is it?
>- Watch out, here it comes!
>
>
>
>Hamster #1 - Are we dead yet?
>Hamster #2 - Don't think so.
>Hamster #3 - Feeling rather good actually...
>Hamster #4 - Strange, this thing kills in minutes...
>Hamster #5 - We've been given something different then.
>Hamster #4 - Could be.
>Hamster #1 - No doubt, in fact.
>Hamster #4 - How can you be so sure?
>Hamster #1 - Can't you really see it? Something... special?
>Hamster #4 - Oww, no riddles please...
>Hamster #3 - Yeah, will you just bring the point home? It's not like we can stay
>here talking all night...
>Hamster #1 - And that's your point. You know, hamsters don't talk...
>
>
>
>- The house's over there sir, behind the trees.
>- You sure they're inside?
>- Aye, sir. Both of them.
>- Get ready. We go in.
>
>
>
>- Remember, you can resign if you wish!
>- You're being a bit optimistic methinks, just play on and... what's that?!?
>- Looks like the sound of a forced mate to me...
>- No jokes... that came from the outside.
>- Could it be our friends?
>- They should have called by radio first.
>- Well it's just some animal, come on...
>- Not now, let me take a look out of the window.
>(Door is kicked open, windows explode.)
>- DON'T MOVE!
>- Oh, f*ck...
>- Who the...?
>- DON'T MOVE! KEEP YOUR HANDS IN SIGHT!
>- Yeah sure, see you in hell bud...
>- WATCH OUT, HE'S ARMED!
>- FIRE!
>- NOOO! STOP IT! STOP IT!
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>
>- How's the other?
>- Dead as well.
>- Who's the idiot that fired first?
>- They were armed sir.
>- Oh dammit... have you searched the house?
>- Yes, there's nobody else.
>- The lab?
>- It's over there.
>- Hmmm... not much to see.
>- Yeah, there's a bunch of cages in that corner, and one on the table. All
>empty.
>- Ok, leave it to forensics then... Let's go out of here.
>
>
>
>Hamster #2 - What do we do now?
>Hamster #1 - What have we learned in the past months? Watched hundred of times?
>Hamster #2 - Why... not a bad idea after all!
>Hamster #1 - Everybody?
>Hamster #3 - Yes!
>Hamster #5 - Yeah!
>Hamster #4 - Yes!
>Hamster #1 - Ok... let's chop some wood then...
>
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>http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/hamsters.htm

Chess960 (aka FRC) doesn't work in Arena, because Arena is not completely
compliant with the UCI protocol (namely, with respect to the castling flags).
Too late now, I will fix this in the next release.





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