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Subject: Re: Will next version of Junior have underpromotion code?

Author: Milton Zucker

Date: 14:07:16 06/10/99

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On June 10, 1999 at 16:06:55, Pat King wrote:

>On June 10, 1999 at 00:23:55, Milton Zucker wrote:
>
>>Are there situations where
>>underpromotion is the only legal move; and if so, does Junior do something
>>illegal?
>>
>>...Milton Zucker...
>
>What makes a move illegal (assuming we know how the horsey moves, etc)?
>Putting/leaving your king in check... which the pawn MOVE could affect, but not
>the pawn PROMOTION. Therefore, if it's a legal pawn move, it's legal to promote
>to any piece. I think.

We agree. But any piece includes a queen.  I was taking issue with KarensDad's
statement that by not having code for underpromotion, Junior was not playing
real chess. Karensdad claimed that it is playing a variant of chess.  I disagree
with this.  So long as Junior makes legal chess moves, and allows ME to make
legal chess moves (including allowing me to underpromote pawns, if I choose to
do so) then it is playing real chess.

...Milton Zucker...



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