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Subject: Re: No King program

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 13:26:08 04/25/99

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On April 24, 1999 at 15:37:12, Henk van Weersel wrote:

>Hello,
>I sometimes use a computer program fore chesstraining with young children.
>sometimes you want to remove all the pieces that are not related to the training
>subject. That includes sometimes the white and black king to. Is it possible to
>program a computer engine to work with pieces without kings on the bord. Is it
>just a routine you have to left out to program this ore is the algorythme of the
>kings so essential that it is not possible to work this out.
>
>Hope to get some info
>
>Greetings and regards,
>Henk van Weersel
>hvweer@westbrabant.net

Dear Henk,

Try putting 16 pawns on each side and you will get a very interesting game.
You need to have the King in all chess programs because the goal of "chess" is
to checkmate the opponents King.

Tim Frohlick



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