Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:15:33 09/23/99
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On September 23, 1999 at 07:27:26, Kelly Patterson wrote: >9.22.99 > >My fellow members-- > >Does anyone know of any bugs in the mschess program? (I downloaded it some time >ago and believe it was a freeware on the MicroSoft site. I can find and pass >along this information if it is necessary to figuring out the problem below.) > >While playing the other day on the beginner level (I played white), I tried to >move my king to a "safer" square when the program would not allow it. It was >then that I noticed the program showed me in check. I hadn't noticed this >before since I was not in check (or even seriously threatened late in the game). > Then, suddenly, the white pawn on the adjacent diagonal (the "checking" pawn) >flashed, turned to black and I was in a seriously threatened position. > >Does anyone have any information on this? Also, would anyone have a short >answer (I wouldn't want to tie-up the message board) on how a basic "bug check" >might be accomplished on someone else's program? > >Any information would be appreciated. > >Yours, > >Kelly Patterson If it is the one I am thinking of, it is very buggy and anyone who uses it should expect that it could do almost anything. It was written by a guy in off-hours, and included in an "entertainment pack" shipped in approximately 1991. bruce
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