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Chess variants (10x8)

Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as
Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too

For posting:
- invitations to games (you can also use the New Game menu or for particular games: Janus; Capablanca Random; or Embassy)
- information about upcoming tournaments
- disussion of games (please limit this to completed games or discussion on how a game has arrived at a certain position
... speculation on who has an advantage or the benefits of potential moves is not permitted while that particular game is in progress)
- links to interesting related sites (non-promotional)

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2. Abril 2003, 00:47:26

Grim Reaper

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Asunto: The DB outputs

I was so happy to see the thing finally able to put out text, I did not check any of them other than the first mate in 40, which looks like a mate in 40.

However, there are two areas that are suspect.

1. The database could be fine and the translation to the output text could be wrong.

2. The database could be garbage.

Just as an FYI, this is a database generator, and it does not apply the "50 move rule" to any such position. It solves all of the checkmates and draws on the first pass. Then, it backs up one move at a time, seeing which play is forced, and which is not forced.

It works its way backwards, from checkmated to mate in 1 to mated in 2 to mate in 3, etc.

Since I do most of my coding from the hours of 9 PM to 2 AM, I need to double check this stuff.

For now, consider all posted solutions to be on hold, subject to further review.