Author: KarinsDad
Date: 08:26:45 06/11/99
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On June 10, 1999 at 00:23:55, Milton Zucker wrote: >On June 08, 1999 at 12:48:26, KarinsDad wrote: > >[large portion of message snipped] >> >>Playing without underpromotions (for one side in this case) is not playing >>chess. It is playing variant chess. >> >> >>KarinsDad :) > >Hi, > I own Junior 5, and I also wish that it would consider underpromotions. But I >am not sure that I follow your logic here. Underpromotion is a rule which is >ALLOWED in chess, but not required. If a program declines to take advantage of >this rule, I suppose that "decision" could cause it to lose or draw a game which >it might otherwise win; but it is still playing "chess" as long as the move it >does make is also legal according to the rules of chess. It just didn't make >the best move in this hypothetical situation. It was apparently the judgement >of the programmer that Junior 5 would not suffer much by ignoring this strategy >as an option. Or am I missing something? Are there situations where >underpromotion is the only legal move; and if so, does Junior do something >illegal? > >...Milton Zucker... Point well taken. I guess variant chess is too strong of a term since Junior does allow the opponent to underpromote. I guess (slightly) inferior chess is a better term. KarinsDad :)
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