dickow@ui3.UUCP (01/04/87)
I have used Sargon III quite a bit on the 64 and it is quite good, but
I think the top-of-the-line item now is ChessMaster 2000. This program has
a 3-D (viewed from an oblique angle rather than straight down) board, and
is capable of beating all the other programs around.
I have ChessMaster 2000 for the Amiga and it is quite fine, with many
amusing touches. However, I have discovered a few 'bugs' which may or may
not appear in versions for other machines. The Amiga version called a
stalemate after just 4 moves once (a symetric board position existed at the
time) and once it castled when the rook was threatened, which I beleive is
against standard rules.
Have fun.
Bob Dickow, University of Idaho School of Music
...egg-id!ui3!dickowkinne@oswego.UUCP (Richard Kinne) (01/15/87)
In article <60009@ui3.UUCP> dickow@ui3.UUCP writes: > >...and once it [ChessMaster 2000] castled when the rook was threatened, >which I beleive is against standard rules. > >Bob Dickow, University of Idaho School of Music Actually, the ruling for castling is that you cannot castle when your KING is threatened. Your rook has nothing to do with it. You also cannot castle accross check meaning if your KING has to cross a threatened sqaure you cannot castle. Again, your rook has nothing to do with it. (Article 6.1, second section A. Laws of Chess FIDE as amended by the Congresses to 1977.) --- sunybcs\ The Doctor (AKA R. Kinne) allegra!warrior\ Instructional Computing Center seismo!rochester!rocksvax!oswego!kinne SUNY College at Oswego {batcomputer|gould}!tundra/ Oswego NY 13126 (315)341-3055 "Yea, but your gonna be stupid for the rest of your life!" -Chris Chambers to Teddy Duchamp: Stand By Me DISCLAIMER: You WANT these opinions?????
dickow@ui3.UUCP (01/24/87)
A comment from Richard Kinne about a statement of mine... >>In article <60009@ui3.UUCP> dickow@ui3.UUCP writes: >> >>...and once it [ChessMaster 2000] castled when the rook was threatened, >>which I beleive is against standard rules. >> >>Bob Dickow, University of Idaho School of Music > Actually, the ruling for castling is that you cannot castle when your >KING is threatened. Your rook has nothing to do with it. You also cannot >castle accross check meaning if your KING has to cross a threatened sqaure >you cannot castle. ...... Boy, is MY face red! After playing chess for years, I have discovered one more subtlety of the game. Thanks for pointing this out. I recently asked a friend about this, and he pointed me in the right direction too. After thinking about it, I don't think I was actually even IN the playing position under discussion, though I knew about the King-under-threat and castling- squares-under-threat aspects of this rule. Also, now I have more respect for my ChessMaster 2000 as a piece of programming...I already respected its ability to clobber me more often than not. Bob Dickow, (...egg-id!ui3!dickow) ----------