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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