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Subject: Re: No King program

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 11:09:53 04/26/99

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On April 25, 1999 at 16:26:08, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>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

	I will try to put 16 pawns for each side in Xboard. Do you mean each side with
16 pawns and all the remaining pieces, or only 16 pawns and the king only?
José.



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