bbs00085@uafcseg.uucp (Dave Kormann) (02/13/90)
I realize my previous post on this subject was woefully incomplete, so i'm offerring this more detailed description of the problem. background - running VMS V5.1, GCC V1.36 I'm attempting to port CHESS to VMS in some kind of elegant fashion (ie use of high end VT terminals with downloaded fonts, little VMS niceties, etc.) Unfortunately, there seems to be a serious bug in the CHESS code. The bug manifests itself when either player (i think) is near to mating. I didn't research it extensively, but the game seems to refuse to let the player make certain moves. This seems to be an especially serious problem with regards to movement of the rook. If the player makes the 'hint move', the game will checkmate him, even though the player is not in check! I can provide more information about this via EMail. my only access to NetNews is via a bbs account at UAFCSEG, so I'd appreciate it if people would respond to this via EMail. My address: DPK28402%MKVAX1@MSUS1 thanks, and i apologize if this has been discussed before. Dave Kormann